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Interweave two blocks of text

Suppose you've got data on a list of things from multiple sources. They're all in separate chunks, so how might you create a tabular output?

Start file
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
End file
one	1
two	2
three	3
four	4
five	5
six	6
seven	7
eight	8
nine	9
ten	10

View Diff

1,20c1,10
< one
< two
< three
< four
< five
< six
< seven
< eight
< nine
< ten
< 1
< 2
< 3
< 4
< 5
< 6
< 7
< 8
< 9
< 10
---
> one	1
> two	2
> three	3
> four	4
> five	5
> six	6
> seven	7
> eight	8
> nine	9
> ten	10

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Solutions by @maroloccio:
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#81 - Marco Ippolito / @maroloccio

05/31/2011 at 10:46PM

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#>135 - Marco Ippolito / @maroloccio

05/31/2011 at 10:36PM