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+examples/basic/import
+examples/basic/platonic
+examples/basic/random_points
+examples/basic/single_cell
+examples/custom/cell_statistics
+examples/custom/custom_output
+examples/custom/radical
+examples/degenerate/degenerate
+examples/degenerate/degenerate2
+examples/extra/box_cut
+examples/extra/cut_region
+examples/extra/irregular
+examples/extra/superellipsoid
+examples/interface/find_voro_cell
+examples/interface/loops
+examples/interface/odd_even
+examples/interface/polygons
+examples/walls/cylinder
+examples/walls/frustum
+examples/walls/tetrahedron
+examples/walls/torus
+src/c_loops.o
+src/cell.o
+src/common.o
+src/container.o
+src/container_prd.o
+src/libvoro++.a
+src/pre_container.o
+src/unitcell.o
+src/v_base.o
+src/v_compute.o
+src/voro++
+src/wall.o
+
+.DS_Store
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