VIM: command to clear current line and drop into insert mode

Question

I am in normal mode, at the end of a line. I want to clear the line (delete all characters of the line), and drop into insert mode so that I can start writing something else on that line. Is there a Vim shortcut for this?

Ideally, I would like to preserve the leading whitespaces on the line, but even if I can't that should be fine.

Answer 1

You can use S or cc to do that (synonyms). They will keep your indentation if the autoindent option is on. Both can accept an optional count if you want to remove multiple lines.