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Rectangles

Hard

Instructions

Count the rectangles in an ASCII diagram like the one below.

   +--+
  ++  |
+-++--+
|  |  |
+--+--+

The above diagram contains these 6 rectangles:



+-----+
|     |
+-----+
   +--+
   |  |
   |  |
   |  |
   +--+
   +--+
   |  |
   +--+




   +--+
   |  |
   +--+


+--+
|  |
+--+

  ++
  ++


You may assume that the input is always a proper rectangle (i.e. the length of every line equals the length of the first line).

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