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Rural Post

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

Start file

RD 5 Gore 9775
RD 6 Gore 9776
RD 7 Gore 9777
RD 1 Great Barrier Island 0991
RD 1 Greta Valley 7387
RD 1 Greytown 5794
RD 1 Hamilton 3281
RD 2 Hamilton 3282

End file

9775
9776
9777
0991
7387
5794
3281
3282

View Diff

1,8c1,8
< RD 5 Gore 9775
< RD 6 Gore 9776
< RD 7 Gore 9777
< RD 1 Great Barrier Island 0991
< RD 1 Greta Valley 7387
< RD 1 Greytown 5794
< RD 1 Hamilton 3281
< RD 2 Hamilton 3282
---
> 9775
> 9776
> 9777
> 0991
> 7387
> 5794
> 3281
> 3282

Solutions

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Created by: @ctmusicnz Tweet

1097 active golfers, 4479 entries

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#1 - John Braxler / @braxler

09/24/2020 at 05:15PM

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#2 - Sébastien Roccaserra / @sroccaserra

09/24/2020 at 07:46PM

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09/26/2020 at 09:27AM

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09/26/2020 at 12:27PM

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09/27/2020 at 03:37AM

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09/29/2020 at 03:58PM

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10/01/2020 at 05:15PM

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10/03/2020 at 06:44AM

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