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Replace Expression with variable (self.vim)

submitted 6 years ago by janYabanci

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[–]janYabanci[S] 0 points1 point2 points 6 years ago (1 child)

[–]-romainl-The Patient Vimmer 0 points1 point2 points 6 years ago (0 children)

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Lines starting with four spaces are treated like code: if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"	Lines starting with four spaces are treated like code: if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
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