Select entire line in VIM, without the new line character

Question

Which is the shortest way to select an entire line without the new line character in VIM?

I know that SHIFT + v selects the entire line

Answer 1

0v$
^v$
0vg_
^vg_
$v0
$v^
g_v0
g_v^

all do the job with different conceptions of what a line is (from first column or from first printable character, to last character or to last printable character). You can create a custom mapping if you like.

Note that selecting text is often unnecessary in vim.