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Chinese Multiplication Table

Print a Chinese multiplication table in Vim. In China, every kid is asked to memorize this table. And thanks to the mono-syllabism of Chinese characters, it is not that hard. Printing the multiplication table is also a good exercise for programming beginners. For-loop, escaped characters, etc... There should be some special ways to print it in Vim.

Start file

1*1=1

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1*1=1
1*2=2 2*2=4
1*3=3 2*3=6  3*3=9
1*4=4 2*4=8  3*4=12 4*4=16
1*5=5 2*5=10 3*5=15 4*5=20 5*5=25
1*6=6 2*6=12 3*6=18 4*6=24 5*6=30 6*6=36
1*7=7 2*7=14 3*7=21 4*7=28 5*7=35 6*7=42 7*7=49
1*8=8 2*8=16 3*8=24 4*8=32 5*8=40 6*8=48 7*8=56 8*8=64
1*9=9 2*9=18 3*9=27 4*9=36 5*9=45 6*9=54 7*9=63 8*9=72 9*9=81

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1a2,9
> 1*2=2 2*2=4
> 1*3=3 2*3=6  3*3=9
> 1*4=4 2*4=8  3*4=12 4*4=16
> 1*5=5 2*5=10 3*5=15 4*5=20 5*5=25
> 1*6=6 2*6=12 3*6=18 4*6=24 5*6=30 6*6=36
> 1*7=7 2*7=14 3*7=21 4*7=28 5*7=35 6*7=42 7*7=49
> 1*8=8 2*8=16 3*8=24 4*8=32 5*8=40 6*8=48 7*8=56 8*8=64
> 1*9=9 2*9=18 3*9=27 4*9=36 5*9=45 6*9=54 7*9=63 8*9=72 9*9=81

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