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 # JavaTutorials
 
+This is a collection of my first programs in Java.
+They are intended as a remider to myself on how to do some simple things as well as a record of what I have done.
+Most of the programs are based on exercizes in "Java - How to Program - Ninth Edition" by Paul and Harvey Deitel
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