Problem 42353. Can't wait for NewYear ball drop !

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J. S. Kowontan on 18 May 2018

A Truly Beautiful Code...Yours Sincerely. :)

bainhome on 18 May 2018

At first I wonder why the hell you flatter yourself? now I see. But the combination with 2016b new function also is really nice. good job!

J. S. Kowontan on 18 May 2018

oh..not the impression I intended. Just meant to point out the code was neat.

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Gareth Lee on 5 Jun 2015

by ly cao

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Yalong Liu on 4 Jun 2015

still by ly CAO

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Yuan on 4 Jun 2015

by ly CAO.

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