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Vertical Limit

transform a succession of one word lines to a an array of strings

Start file

There
is
no
vertical
limit
for
vim
Ninjas

End file

[ "There", "is", "no", "vertical", "limit", "for", "vim", "Ninjas" ]

View Diff

1,8c1
< There
< is
< no
< vertical
< limit
< for
< vim
< Ninjas
---
> [ "There", "is", "no", "vertical", "limit", "for", "vim", "Ninjas" ]

Solutions

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