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Tic-Tac-Toe Grid Transformation

Your mission is to efficiently convert the original Tic-Tac-Toe grid, represented by 'x's and 'o's, into a neat and well-organized game board.

Start file
|x|o|o|
| |x|x|
|x| |o|
End file
|-----------|
|x x| o | o |
| x |o o|o o|
|x x| o | o |
|-----------|
|   |x x|x x|
|   | x | x |
|   |x x|x x|
|-----------|
|x x|   | o |
| x |   |o o|
|x x|   | o |
|-----------|

View Diff

1,3c1,13
< |x|o|o|
< | |x|x|
< |x| |o|
---
> |-----------|
> |x x| o | o |
> | x |o o|o o|
> |x x| o | o |
> |-----------|
> |   |x x|x x|
> |   | x | x |
> |   |x x|x x|
> |-----------|
> |x x|   | o |
> | x |   |o o|
> |x x|   | o |
> |-----------|

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#7 Petro Тrouq / @zulolosi - Score: 186 - 09/13/23 @ 20:52 
cG|-----------|<CR>|x x| o | o |<CR>| x |o o|o o|<CR>|x x| o | o |<CR>|-----------|<CR>|   |x x|x x|<CR>|   | x | x |<CR>|   |x x|x x|<CR>|-----------|<CR>|x x|   | o |<CR>| x |   |o o|<CR>|x x|   | o |<CR>|-----------|<Esc>ZZ

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Created by: @Somin13

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#1 - Danilo J. S. Bellini / @danilobellini

09/16/2023 at 08:15AM

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#7 - Petro Тrouq / @zulolosi

09/13/2023 at 08:52PM