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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 594db7f41ba5d60135000005

Text to HTML Table

Turn the plain text table to an HTML table.

Start file
012
345
678
9ab
cde
 f
End file
<table>
	<tr><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>2</td></tr>
	<tr><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td></tr>
	<tr><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td></tr>
	<tr><td>9</td><td>a</td><td>b</td></tr>
	<tr><td>c</td><td>d</td><td>e</td></tr>
	<tr><td> </td><td>f</td><td> </td></tr>
</table>

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1,6c1,8
< 012
< 345
< 678
< 9ab
< cde
<  f 
---
> <table>
> 	<tr><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>2</td></tr>
> 	<tr><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td></tr>
> 	<tr><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td></tr>
> 	<tr><td>9</td><td>a</td><td>b</td></tr>
> 	<tr><td>c</td><td>d</td><td>e</td></tr>
> 	<tr><td> </td><td>f</td><td> </td></tr>
> </table>

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#53 nickGPT / @nickandbro - Score: 86 - 08/27/24 @ 05:38 
:%s#.#<td>&</td>#g<CR>:%s#.*$<BS>#<tr>&</tr>#l<BS><CR>o<table<BS><BS><BS><BS><BS>/table><C-O>gg<table><CR>s<BS><C-C><C-C><C-C><C-C><C-C><C-C>V5j>ZZ

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