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@@ -7,147 +7,147 @@
 This does not follow standard BNF/EBNF syntax, I will rewrite it once I get all the definitions correct and complete.**
 
 ### 2.1 Input Elements and Tokens
-```
-<input character> ->
+``` bnf
+<input character> ::=
     ASCII characters but not SEOF
 
-<input> ->
+<input> ::=
     <input elements> SEOF
 
-<input elements> ->
+<input elements> ::=
     <input element> | <input elements> <input element>
 
-<token> ->
+<token> ::=
     <variable identifier> | <keyword> | <floating-point literal>
     | <integer literal> | <string literal> | <separator> | <operator>
 ```
 ### 2.2 White Space
 ```
-<white space> ->
+<white space> ::=
     ASCII SP character (space)
     | ASCII HT character (horizontal tab)
     | ASCII VT character (vertical tab)
     | ASCII FF character (form feed)
     | <line terminator>
 
-<line terminator> ->
+<line terminator> ::=
     CR | LF | CR LF
 ```
 ### 2.3 Comments
 ```
-<comment> ->
+<comment> ::=
     !< <opt_characters in line> <line terminator>
 
-<characters in line> ->
+<characters in line> ::=
     <comment character> | <characters in line> <comment character>
 
-<comment character> ->
+<comment character> ::=
     <input character> but not <line terminator>
 ```
 ### 2.4 Variable Identifiers
 ```
-<variable identifier> ->
+<variable identifier> ::=
     <arithmetic variable identifier> | <string variable identifier>
 
-<arithmetic identifier> ->
+<arithmetic identifier> ::=
     <letter> <opt_letters or digits>
 
-<letters or digits> ->
+<letters or digits> ::=
     <letter or digit> | <letters or digits> <letter or digit>
 
-<letter> -> one of
+<letter> ::= one of
     [a-z][A-Z]
 
-<letter or digit> -> one of
+<letter or digit> ::= one of
     [a-z][A-Z][0-9]
 
-<string variable identifier> ->
+<string variable identifier> ::=
     <arithmetic variable identifier># 
 ```
 ### 2.5 Keywords
 ```
-<keyword> ->
+<keyword> ::=
     PLATYPUS | IF | THEN | ELSE | USING | REPEAT | INPUT | OUTPUT
 ```
 ### 2.6 Integer Literals
 ```
-<integer literal> ->
+<integer literal> ::=
     <decimal integer literal> | <octal integer literal>
 
-<decimal integer literal> ->
+<decimal integer literal> ::=
     0 | <non-zero digit> <opt_digits>
 
-<digits> ->
+<digits> ::=
     <digit> | <digits> <digit>
 
-<digit> ->
+<digit> ::=
     0 | <non-zero digit>
 
-<non-zero digit> -> one of
+<non-zero digit> ::= one of
     1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
 
-<octal integer literal> ->
+<octal integer literal> ::=
     0 <octal digit> <octal digits>
 
-<octal digit> ->
+<octal digit> ::=
     0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
 
-<octal digits> ->
+<octal digits> ::=
     <octal digit> | <octal digits> <octal digit>
 
 ```
 ### 2.7 Floating-point Literals
 ```
-<floating-point literal> ->
+<floating-point literal> ::=
     <decimal integer literal> . <opt_digits>
 ```
 ### 2.8 String Literals
 ```
-<string literal> ->
+<string literal> ::=
     "<opt_string characters>"
 
-<string chacters> ->
+<string chacters> ::=
     <input character> | <string characters> <input character>
 ```
 ### 2.9 Separators
 ```
-<separator> ->
+<separator> ::=
     ( | ) | { | } | , | ; | " |.
 ```
 ### 2.10 Operators
 ```
-<operator> ->
+<operator> ::=
     <arithmetic operator> | <string concatenation operator>
     | <relational operator> | <logical operator>
     | <assignment operator>
 
-<arithmetic operator> ->
+<arithmetic operator> ::=
     + | - | * | /
 
-<string concatenation operator> ->
+<string concatenation operator> ::=
     <<
 
-<relational operator> ->
+<relational operator> ::=
     > | < | == | <>
 
-<logical operator> ->
+<logical operator> ::=
     .AND. | .OR.
 
-<assignment operator> ->
+<assignment operator> ::=
     =
 ```
 ## 3. The PLATYPUS Syntactic Specification
 ### 3.1 PLATYPUS Program
 ```
-<program> ->
+<program> ::=
     PLATYPUS {<opt_statements>} SEOF
 
-<statements> ->
+<statements> ::=
     <statement> | <statements> <statement>
 ```
 ### 3.2 Statements
 ```
-<statement> ->
+<statement> ::=
     <assignment statement>
     | <selection statement>
     | <iteration statement>
@@ -156,59 +156,59 @@ This does not follow standard BNF/EBNF syntax, I will rewrite it once I get all
 ```
 ### 3.3 Assignment Statement
 ```
-<assignment statement> ->
+<assignment statement> ::=
     <assignment expression> ;
 
-<assignment expression> ->
+<assignment expression> ::=
     <arithmetic variable identifier> = <arithmetic expression>
     | <string variable identifier> = <string expression>
 ```
 #### 3.2.2 Selection Statement (`if` statement)
 ```
-<selection statement> ->
+<selection statement> ::=
     IF (<conditional expression>) THEN <opt_statements>
     ELSE {<opt_statements>};
 ```
 #### 3.2.3 Iteration Statement (the loop statement)
 ```
-<iteration statement> ->
+<iteration statement> ::=
     USING (<assignment expression> , <conditional expression>, <assignment expression>) REPEAT { <opt_statements> };
 ```
 #### 3.2.4 Input Statement
 ```
-<input statement> ->
+<input statement> ::=
     INPUT (<variable list>);
 
-<variable list> ->
+<variable list> ::=
     <variable identifier> | <variable list>,<variable identifier>
 ```
 #### 3.2.5 Output Statement
 ```
-<output statement> ->
+<output statement> ::=
     OUTPUT(<opt_variable list> | <opt_string literal>);
 ```
 ### 3.3 Expressions
 #### 3.3.1 Arithmetic Expressions
 ```
-<arithmetic expression> ->
+<arithmetic expression> ::=
     <unary arithmetic expression>
     | <additive arithmetic expression>
 
-<unary arithmetic expression> ->
+<unary arithmetic expression> ::=
     - <primary arithmetic expression>
     | + <primary arithmetic expression
 
-<additive arithmetic expression> ->
+<additive arithmetic expression> ::=
     <additive arithmetic expression> + <multiplicative arithmetic expression>
     | <additive arithmetic expression> - <multiplicative arithmetic expression>
     | <multiplicative arithmetic expression>
 
-<multiplicative arithmetic expression> ->
+<multiplicative arithmetic expression> ::=
     <multiplicative arithmetic expression> * <primary arithmetic expression>
     | <multiplicative arithmetic expression> / <primary arithmetic expression>
     | <primary arithmetic expression>
 
-<primary arithmetic expression> ->
+<primary arithmetic expression> ::=
     <variable identifier>
     | <floating-point literal>
     | <integer literal>
@@ -216,11 +216,11 @@ This does not follow standard BNF/EBNF syntax, I will rewrite it once I get all
 ```
 #### 3.3.2 String Expression
 ```
-<string expression> ->
+<string expression> ::=
     <primary string expression>
     | <string expression> << <primary string expression>
 
-<primary string expression> ->
+<primary string expression> ::=
     <string variable identifier>
     | <string literal>
 ```
@@ -228,30 +228,30 @@ This does not follow standard BNF/EBNF syntax, I will rewrite it once I get all
 ```
 // BNF from C specification adapted to PLATYPUS
 // source: https://cs.wmich.edu/~gupta/teaching/cs4850/sumII06/The%20syntax%20of%20C%20in%20Backus-Naur%20form.htm
-    <conditional expression> ->
+    <conditional expression> ::=
         <logical OR expression>
 
-    <logical OR expression> ->
+    <logical OR expression> ::=
         <logical AND expression>
         | <logical OR expression> .OR. <logical AND expression>
 
-    <logical AND expression> ->
+    <logical AND expression> ::=
         <relational expression>
         | <logical AND expression> .AND. <relational expression>
 // END BNF from C specification
 ```
 #### 3.3.4 Relational Expression
 ```
-<relational expression> ->
+<relational expression> ::=
     <primary a_relational expression> <relational operator> <primary a_relational expression>
     | <primary s_relational expression> <relational operator> <primary s_relational expression>
 
-<primary a_relational expression> ->
+<primary a_relational expression> ::=
     <floating-point literal>
     | <integer literal>
     | <variable identifier>
 
-<primary s_relational expression> ->
+<primary s_relational expression> ::=
     <string literal>
     | <string variable identifier>
 ```
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