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This is the (abridged) input for Day 3 in Advent of Code 2019. The output is a format more suitable for Prolog programming: the two lines of input become two lists of pairs, joined together in a wires functor.

Start file
R1009,U263,L517,U449,L805,D78,L798,D883,L777,D562,R652,D348,R999,D767,L959,U493,R59
L1003,D960,L10,D57,R294,U538,R867,D426,L524,D441,R775,U308,R577,D785,R495,U847,R643
End file
wires([r-1009,u-263,l-517,u-449,l-805,d-78,l-798,d-883,l-777,d-562,r-652,d-348,r-999,d-767,l-959,u-493,r-59],[l-1003,d-960,l-10,d-57,r-294,u-538,r-867,d-426,l-524,d-441,r-775,u-308,r-577,d-785,r-495,u-847,r-643]).

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1,2c1
< R1009,U263,L517,U449,L805,D78,L798,D883,L777,D562,R652,D348,R999,D767,L959,U493,R59
< L1003,D960,L10,D57,R294,U538,R867,D426,L524,D441,R775,U308,R577,D785,R495,U847,R643
---
> wires([r-1009,u-263,l-517,u-449,l-805,d-78,l-798,d-883,l-777,d-562,r-652,d-348,r-999,d-767,l-959,u-493,r-59],[l-1003,d-960,l-10,d-57,r-294,u-538,r-867,d-426,l-524,d-441,r-775,u-308,r-577,d-785,r-495,u-847,r-643]).

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#152 Darong Mean / @darong_mean - Score: 79 - 05/29/21 @ 03:41
:%s/R/r-/g<CR>:%s/U/u-/g<CR>:%s/L/l-/g<CR>:%s/D/d-/g<CR>kiwires([<Esc>A]<Esc>j.a).<Esc>0i[<Esc><Esc>kJr,hhh:wq<CR>

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