Navigate To The Nth Column On A Line In Vim

You can navigate the cursor to a specific column of the current line using the | character. For instance typing

45|

will navigate your cursor to the 45th column of the current line. If you type a number that exceeds the number of columns on the line, your cursor will be placed on the last column.

Here is what the help files have to say about |:

|           To screen column [count] in the current line.
            |exclusive| motion.  Ceci n'est pas une pipe.