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Tic-Tac-Toe Grid Transformation

Your mission is to efficiently convert the original Tic-Tac-Toe grid, represented by 'x's and 'o's, into a neat and well-organized game board.

Start file

|x|o|o|
| |x|x|
|x| |o|

End file

|-----------|
|x x| o | o |
| x |o o|o o|
|x x| o | o |
|-----------|
|   |x x|x x|
|   | x | x |
|   |x x|x x|
|-----------|
|x x|   | o |
| x |   |o o|
|x x|   | o |
|-----------|

View Diff

1,3c1,13
< |x|o|o|
< | |x|x|
< |x| |o|
---
> |-----------|
> |x x| o | o |
> | x |o o|o o|
> |x x| o | o |
> |-----------|
> |   |x x|x x|
> |   | x | x |
> |   |x x|x x|
> |-----------|
> |x x|   | o |
> | x |   |o o|
> |x x|   | o |
> |-----------|

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