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C to VimDict

Convert a C data structure to a Vimscript dictionary.

Start file
{ "Return", '\n', },
{ "ampersand", '&', },
{ "apostrophe", '\'', },
{ "asciicircum", '^', },
{ "asciitilde", '~', },
{ "asterisk", '*', },
{ "at", '@', },
{ "backslash", '\\', },
End file
{
\  "\n" : 'Return',
\  "&"  : 'ampersand',
\  "\'" : 'apostrophe',
\  "^"  : 'asciicircum',
\  "~"  : 'asciitilde',
\  "*"  : 'asterisk',
\  "@"  : 'at',
\  "\\" : 'backslash',
\}

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< { "Return", '\n', },
< { "ampersand", '&', },
< { "apostrophe", '\'', },
< { "asciicircum", '^', },
< { "asciitilde", '~', },
< { "asterisk", '*', },
< { "at", '@', },
< { "backslash", '\\', },
---
> {
> \  "\n" : 'Return',
> \  "&"  : 'ampersand',
> \  "\'" : 'apostrophe',
> \  "^"  : 'asciicircum',
> \  "~"  : 'asciitilde',
> \  "*"  : 'asterisk',
> \  "@"  : 'at',
> \  "\\" : 'backslash',
> \}

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#4 - Jon Krause / @jkrause314

12/11/2020 at 07:38AM

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12/11/2020 at 07:33AM

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#>8 - Jon Krause / @jkrause314

12/11/2020 at 07:22AM