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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 9v006637d03a00000000026f

Find anomalies

There is one special character per line

Start file

print("OPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQ0PQOPQOPQOPQ")
print("123123123123123123l23123123123123123123123123123")
print("hijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkһijk")
print("klmnkImnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmn")
print("2342342342342342342342Ʒ4234234234234234234234234")
print("ijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijκijkijkijk")

# vim:ft=python

End file

print("OPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQ0PQOPQOPQOPQ")
print("                                    ^           ")
print("123123123123123123l23123123123123123123123123123")
print("                  ^                             ")
print("hijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkhijkһijk")
print("                                            ^   ")
print("klmnkImnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmnklmn")
print("     ^                                          ")
print("2342342342342342342342Ʒ4234234234234234234234234")
print("                      ^                         ")
print("ijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijkijκijkijkijk")
print("                                      ^         ")

# vim:ft=python

View Diff

1a2
> print("                                    ^           ")
2a4
> print("                  ^                             ")
3a6
> print("                                            ^   ")
4a8
> print("     ^                                          ")
5a10
> print("                      ^                         ")
6a12
> print("                                      ^         ")

Solutions

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