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+## Hints
+- To parse the text, you could try to use the [FParsec](http://www.quanttec.com/fparsec/tutorial.html) library. 
+- You can solve this exercise with a brute force algorithm, but this will possibly have a poor runtime performance.
+Try to find a more sophisticated solution. Hint: You could try the column-wise addition algorithm that is usually taught in school.