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The code in the original post had empty lines between every word when I wrote it. The forum software ate it.

IMO, whitespace in code blocks ought to be preserved verbatim. I format my code as to maximize readability, and if I share it on this forum, any attempt of the software to clobber whitespace is only going to reduce readability.

I could, of course, post a screenshot of my code instead, but that means nobody can copy&paste my code if they find it helpful.

(I also had trouble writing this comment because when I submitted it, Cloudflare decided my session needed to be reverified.)