Problem 42800. house of cards

Created by Thomas Bischoff

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Jan Orwat on 15 Apr 2016

@Thomas, the Test Suite is broken. Please provide "x" or replace it with "n" in tests.

Thomas Bischoff on 15 Apr 2016

Sorry for mistake! You are right! thanks

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