format for b-files

[N. J. A. Sloane]

Bob,  You said:

> Neil, In the future, what would be the ideal formatting for text files?
> Would you like leading zeros to make the index columns of fixed length (No, not necessary)
> and how many spaces between the index number and the term itself? (1 or more)

Me:  Here is the standard format for b files:

1 1
2 1
3 2
4 2
5 4
6 2
7 6
8 4
9 6
10 4
11 10
12 4
13 12
14 6
15 8
16 8
17 16
18 6
...

the numbers in the first column should start at the correct offset
and increase by 1 at each line

in other words the format is
n a(n)
with one line for each entry

use spaces, not commas to separate the numbers

white space, blank lines, and lines beginning with # are ignored

Neil

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