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Bad Copy Syntax

Copy should be from right to left, but sometimes you type it wrong.

Start file
   copyRtL(source, destination);
   copyRtL("John Q. Public", nameVariable);
End file
   copyRtL(destination, source);
   copyRtL(nameVariable, "John Q. Public");

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1,2c1,2
<    copyRtL(source, destination);
<    copyRtL("John Q. Public", nameVariable);
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>    copyRtL(destination, source);
>    copyRtL(nameVariable, "John Q. Public");

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#522 Urbanovics Péter / @UrbanovicsP - Score: 203 - 08/22/19 @ 11:03
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