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$ vimgolf put 50b746da523acc0002000018

Checkerboard case pattern

All the squares are white. Make some of them black. But only the right ones.

Start file
aaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaa
End file
aAaAaAaA
AaAaAaAa
aAaAaAaA
AaAaAaAa
aAaAaAaA
AaAaAaAa
aAaAaAaA
AaAaAaAa

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1,8c1,8
< aaaaaaaa
< aaaaaaaa
< aaaaaaaa
< aaaaaaaa
< aaaaaaaa
< aaaaaaaa
< aaaaaaaa
< aaaaaaaa
---
> aAaAaAaA
> AaAaAaAa
> aAaAaAaA
> AaAaAaAa
> aAaAaAaA
> AaAaAaAa
> aAaAaAaA
> AaAaAaAa

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#61 Chris Maguire / @chriswmaguire - Score: 51 - 11/29/12 @ 16:34 
:%s/\r<BS>n/a/g<CR>:s/aa/aA/g<CR>:s/\(\w\{8\}\)\w/\1\r/g<CR>xZZ

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