Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 50af864132b7ed0002000075

A simple change

Just change the numbers in the most efficient way ...

Start file

1024 2048 3072 4096 5120
6144 7168 8192 9216

End file

2048 3072 4096 5120 6144
7168 8192 9216 10240

View Diff

1,2c1,2
< 1024 2048 3072 4096 5120
< 6144 7168 8192 9216
---
> 2048 3072 4096 5120 6144
> 7168 8192 9216 10240

Solutions

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<C-A><C-A><C-X><C-X>:function mut<BS>ltByTwo (x)<CR><BS><BS>:MultBy<BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS>:Function<BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS>function MultByTwo (x)<CR>return 2*x<CR><BS>endfunction<CR>:Muy<BS>ltByTwo<CR>:"<BS>call MultByTwo<CR><Up>:call MultByTwo(1025<BS>4)<CR><CR>i2048<Esc>x<Left><Left><Left>xxxxxxxx<Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right> hlkllllllllllllllllllllli <BS>;<BS><Esc>wbei <BS><Esc>eo<BS> 6144<Esc>jhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhxxxxxllllllllllllllllo<BS> 10240<Esc>:x<CR>

Created by: @me_coot Tweet

193 active golfers, 468 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#181 - Peter Esselius / @esselius

02/19/2013 at 04:26PM

22

#182 - Bjorn / @bjorn_248

11/15/2013 at 07:58PM

23

#183 - Tj / @yrddy

08/19/2014 at 11:50AM

23

#184 - Graham Singer / @grahamsinger

06/03/2019 at 11:34PM

24

#185 - Asenar / @asenar

11/25/2012 at 02:36PM

24

#186 - A R / @arusso23

12/22/2012 at 08:28AM

28

#187 - Pradeep Kumar 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 / @pradeep6kumar

12/10/2012 at 04:03PM

34

#188 - Sebastian Heil / @sebokopter

11/23/2012 at 09:59PM

41

#189 - FocusandBlur / @focusandblur

03/23/2014 at 08:51PM

43

#190 - Charlene Tshos / @charlymul

04/10/2013 at 08:12AM

114

#191 - Ryan / @Rdgy567889

05/17/2023 at 07:47PM

169

#192 - 최용철 Charles Choi / @cycorld

04/06/2013 at 03:17PM

308

#193 - Ben Ogorek / @baogorek

04/11/2013 at 05:29PM