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Vim, 1818, 17 bytes

lqqyljvPkvPll@qq@qqqyljvPkvPll@qq@q

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This uses the V interpreter because of backwards compatibility. Input comes in this format:

string1 string2

Explanation:

l " Move one character to the right  qq " Start recording in register 'q' yl " Yank one letter j " Move down a row vP " Swap the yanked letter and the letter under the cursor k " Move back up a row vP " Swap the yanked letter and the letter under the cursor ll " Move two letters to the right. This will throw an error once we're done @q " Call macro 'q' recursively q " Stop recording. @q " Start the recursive loop

Vim, 18 bytes

lqqyljvPkvPll@qq@q

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This uses the V interpreter because of backwards compatibility. Input comes in this format:

string1 string2

Explanation:

l " Move one character to the right  qq " Start recording in register 'q' yl " Yank one letter j " Move down a row vP " Swap the yanked letter and the letter under the cursor k " Move back up a row vP " Swap the yanked letter and the letter under the cursor ll " Move two letters to the right. This will throw an error once we're done @q " Call macro 'q' recursively q " Stop recording. @q " Start the recursive loop

Vim, 18, 17 bytes

qqyljvPkvPll@qq@q

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This uses the V interpreter because of backwards compatibility. Input comes in this format:

string1 string2

Explanation:

 qq " Start recording in register 'q' yl " Yank one letter j " Move down a row vP " Swap the yanked letter and the letter under the cursor k " Move back up a row vP " Swap the yanked letter and the letter under the cursor ll " Move two letters to the right. This will throw an error once we're done @q " Call macro 'q' recursively q " Stop recording. @q " Start the recursive loop
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VimVim, 18 bytes

lqqyljvPkvPll@qq@q

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This uses the V interpreter because of backwards compatibility. Input comes in this format:

string1 string2

Explanation:

l " Move one character to the right qq " Start recording in register 'q' yl " Yank one letter j " Move down a row vP " Swap the yanked letter and the letter under the cursor k " Move back up a row vP " Swap the yanked letter and the letter under the cursor ll " Move two letters to the right. This will throw an error once we're done @q " Call macro 'q' recursively q " Stop recording. @q " Start the recursive loop

Vim, 18 bytes

lqqyljvPkvPll@qq@q

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This uses the V interpreter because of backwards compatibility. Input comes in this format:

string1 string2

Explanation:

l " Move one character to the right qq " Start recording in register 'q' yl " Yank one letter j " Move down a row vP " Swap the yanked letter and the letter under the cursor k " Move back up a row vP " Swap the yanked letter and the letter under the cursor ll " Move two letters to the right. This will throw an error once we're done @q " Call macro 'q' recursively q " Stop recording. @q " Start the recursive loop

Vim, 18 bytes

lqqyljvPkvPll@qq@q

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This uses the V interpreter because of backwards compatibility. Input comes in this format:

string1 string2

Explanation:

l " Move one character to the right qq " Start recording in register 'q' yl " Yank one letter j " Move down a row vP " Swap the yanked letter and the letter under the cursor k " Move back up a row vP " Swap the yanked letter and the letter under the cursor ll " Move two letters to the right. This will throw an error once we're done @q " Call macro 'q' recursively q " Stop recording. @q " Start the recursive loop
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DJMcMayhem
DJMcMayhem
  • 60.1k
  • 18
  • 203
  • 352

Vim, 18 bytes

lqqyljvPkvPll@qq@q

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This uses the V interpreter because of backwards compatibility. Input comes in this format:

string1 string2

Explanation:

l " Move one character to the right qq " Start recording in register 'q' yl " Yank one letter j " Move down a row vP " Swap the yanked letter and the letter under the cursor k " Move back up a row vP " Swap the yanked letter and the letter under the cursor ll " Move two letters to the right. This will throw an error once we're done @q " Call macro 'q' recursively q " Stop recording. @q " Start the recursive loop