How to transpose the contents of lines and columns in a file in Vim?

Question

I know I can use Awk, but I am on a Windows box, and I am making a function for others that may not have Awk. I also know I can write a C program, but I would love not to have s

Answer 1

Vim support for a number of scripting languages built in -- see the Python interface as an example.

Just modify vim.current.buffer appropriately and you're set.

To be a little more specific:

function! Rotate()
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