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lipsum lines

Convert a quoted block of text into strings in a list.

Start file
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
consectetur adipiscing elit,
sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt...
...ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
Ut enim ad minim veniam,
quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris...
...nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat."
End file
lipsum = ["Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,",
       
"consectetur adipiscing elit,",
       
"sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt...",
       
"...ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.",
       
"Ut enim ad minim veniam,",
       
"quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris...",
       
"...nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat."]

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1,7c1,7
< "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
< consectetur adipiscing elit,
< sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt...
< ...ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
< Ut enim ad minim veniam,
< quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris...
< ...nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat."

---
> lipsum = ["Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,",
>       "consectetur adipiscing elit,",
>       "sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt...",
>       "...ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.",
>       "Ut enim ad minim veniam,",
>       "quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris...",
>       "...nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat."]

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#95 vimgolfacc / @supergopivimgo1 - Score: 68 - 02/28/16 @ 15:34
<Esc>:%s/"//g<CR>:<Up><Up><BS><BS><BS><BS>\*.*<BS><BS><BS><BS>\(.*\)/"\1",/g<CR><End>a<BS>]<Esc>ggilipsum = [<Esc>jvG><Esc>:wq<CR>

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Created by: @coryknapp

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