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Greek Letters

Starting with a list of Greek letters, create a cross-reference table showing all of the Greek alpha-beta. You'll likely need to use digraphs (:help digraphs). Note that while most digraphs can be entered with either character first, lowercase sigma has two digraphs -- s* AND *s! Good luck!

Start file
alpha
beta
gamma
delta
epsilon
zeta
eta
theta
iota
kappa
lambda
mu
nu
ksi
omicron
pi
rho
sigma
tau
upsilon
phї
chi
psi
omega
End file
Α α   alpha
Β β   beta
Γ γ   gamma
Δ δ   delta
Ε ε   epsilon
Ζ ζ   zeta
Η η   eta
Θ θ   theta
Ι ι   iota
Κ κ   kappa
Λ λ   lambda
Μ μ   mu
Ν ν   nu
Ξ ξ   ksi
Ο ο   omicron
Π π   pi
Ρ ρ   rho
Σ σς  sigma
Τ τ   tau
Υ υ   upsilon
Φ φ   phї
Χ χ   chi
Ψ ψ   psi
Ω ω   omega

View Diff

1,24c1,24
< alpha
< beta
< gamma
< delta
< epsilon
< zeta
< eta
< theta
< iota
< kappa
< lambda
< mu
< nu
< ksi
< omicron
< pi
< rho
< sigma
< tau
< upsilon
< phї
< chi
< psi
< omega
---
> Α α   alpha
> Β β   beta
> Γ γ   gamma
> Δ δ   delta
> Ε ε   epsilon
> Ζ ζ   zeta
> Η η   eta
> Θ θ   theta
> Ι ι   iota
> Κ κ   kappa
> Λ λ   lambda
> Μ μ   mu
> Ν ν   nu
> Ξ ξ   ksi
> Ο ο   omicron
> Π π   pi
> Ρ ρ   rho
> Σ σς  sigma
> Τ τ   tau
> Υ υ   upsilon
> Φ φ   phї
> Χ χ   chi
> Ψ ψ   psi
> Ω ω   omega

Solutions

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#26 Joaquin Coronel / @cantstoptheguac - Score: 1521 - 02/09/17 @ 20:52
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