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Winning streak

Make the number on each line equal the consecutive L's or W's.

Start file
W 1
W 1
W 1
L 1
L 1
W 1
L 1
L 1
L 1
W 1
W 1
W 1
L 1
W 1
W 1
W 1
W 1
L 1
L 1
L 1
End file
W 1
W 2
W 3
L 1
L 2
W 1
L 1
L 2
L 3
W 1
W 2
W 3
L 1
W 1
W 2
W 3
W 4
L 1
L 2
L 3

View Diff

2,4c2,3
< W 1
< W 1
< L 1
---
> W 2
> W 3
5a5
> L 2
8,11c8,9
< L 1
< L 1
< W 1
< W 1
---
> L 2
> L 3
12a11,12
> W 2
> W 3
15,19c15,17
< W 1
< W 1
< W 1
< L 1
< L 1
---
> W 2
> W 3
> W 4
20a19,20
> L 2
> L 3

Solutions

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#50 Daniel V Stankevich / @standeo - Score: 42 - 02/05/15 @ 07:59 
j<C-A>j2.jj1.3j1.j2.jj1.j2.3j1.j2.j3.jj1.j2.ZZ

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#51 Gurukandhamoorthi / @Gurukandhamoor1 - Score: 42 - 09/01/17 @ 15:13 
j$<C-V>jg<C-A>3j<C-A>3j<C-C><C-C>jk<C-V>jg<C-A>3j<C-V>jg<C-A>4j<C-V>3jkg<C-A>Gll<C-V>kg<C-A>ZZ

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