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+A template for data is an arbitrarily nested tree of integer indices.
+    
+Data payloads are given as a separate mapping, array or other simpler, flat,
+association of indices to individual items of data, and are strings.<br>
+The idea is to create a data structure with the templates' nesting, and the 
+payload corresponding to each index appearing at the position of each index.
+
+Answers using simple string replacement or regexp are to be avoided. The idea is 
+to use the native, or usual implementation of lists/tuples etc of the language
+and to hierarchically traverse the template to generate the output.
+
+;Task Detail:
+Given the following input template <code>t</code>  and list of payloads <code>p</code>:
+<syntaxhighlight lang="text"># Square brackets are used here to denote nesting but may be changed for other,
+# clear, visual representations of nested data appropriate to ones programming 
+# language.
+t = [
+    [[1, 2],
+     [3, 4, 1], 
+     5]]
+
+p = 'Payload#0' ... 'Payload#6'</syntaxhighlight>
+
+The correct output should have the following structure, (although spacing and 
+linefeeds may differ, the nesting and order should follow):
+<syntaxhighlight lang="text">[[['Payload#1', 'Payload#2'],
+  ['Payload#3', 'Payload#4', 'Payload#1'],
+  'Payload#5']]</syntaxhighlight>
+
+1. Generate the output for the above template, <code>t</code>.<br>
+
+;Optional Extended tasks:
+2. Show which payloads remain unused.<br>
+3. Give some indication/handling of indices without a payload.<br>
+
+''Show output on this page.''
+