One requirement is that your record will span three lines, followed by a "blank" line. There can be many records in a single file. Thus, a record technically consists of 4 lines, of which you only care about three.
My tests were failing and I was having trouble figuring out what the problem was. After all, I had typed in my file correctly:
After some consternation, it finally dawned on me to open my file in Vim. When what to my wondering eyes should appear:
But a file with only three lines in it!
Yeah, it's a small thing, a minor inconvenience, and it's not like I wasted days on this. But still, the point remains: Keep a trusted tool and old friend in your toolbox.
