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That indeed seems simpler. My code produces output in lexicographic order, while this approach doesn't, but most use cases won't care about that. (I wasn't deliberately going for that when I wrote my code.)

user2357112
– user2357112

2025-04-17 07:53:09 +00:00
Commented Apr 17, 2025 at 7:53
@user2357112 Yeah I had thought about which would be preferable, but didn't come to a conclusion. Anyway, added another solution with start fixed instead.

Robert
– Robert

2025-04-17 08:15:14 +00:00
Commented Apr 17, 2025 at 8:15
Thanks for the help. Yes order is important for later steps. only really for tracing back over method.

tim pain
– tim pain

2025-04-19 00:18:41 +00:00
Commented Apr 19, 2025 at 0:18

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