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Reconstruct the Sentence

Get the sentence back in the proper order, remove duplicate lines, and then combine the separate lines into one.

Start file
time you're 7
in the 4
proper order 5
will be 2
by the 5
by the 5
put back 3
Vim! 10
done with 8
put back 3
This sentence 1
it in 9
End file
This sentence will be put back in the proper order by the time you're done with it in Vim!

View Diff

1,12c1
< time you're 7
< in the 4
< proper order 5
< will be 2
< by the 5
< by the 5
< put back 3
< Vim! 10
< done with 8
< put back 3
< This sentence 1
< it in 9
---
> This sentence will be put back in the proper order by the time you're done with it in Vim!

Solutions by @andyfoster:

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Solutions by @andyfoster:
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#9 - Andy / @andyfoster

05/30/2025 at 05:37AM

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#>9 - Andy / @andyfoster

05/30/2025 at 05:38AM

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#>162 - Andy / @andyfoster

05/30/2025 at 05:36AM

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#>264 - Andy / @andyfoster

05/30/2025 at 05:34AM

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#>284 - Andy / @andyfoster

05/30/2025 at 05:33AM

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#>303 - Andy / @andyfoster

05/30/2025 at 05:32AM

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#>327 - Andy / @andyfoster

05/30/2025 at 05:31AM

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#>409 - Andy / @andyfoster

05/30/2025 at 05:28AM

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#>409 - Andy / @andyfoster

05/30/2025 at 05:27AM

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#>411 - Andy / @andyfoster

05/30/2025 at 05:24AM

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#>423 - Andy / @andyfoster

05/30/2025 at 05:22AM