diff --git a/1993/vanb/README.md b/1993/vanb/README.md
index 247fbd8c6..e604ae6e4 100644
--- a/1993/vanb/README.md
+++ b/1993/vanb/README.md
@@ -39,14 +39,12 @@ What happens if you use something other than valid digits?
The octal expression may contain:
-```
- unary operators: +, -
- binary operators +, -, *, /, %
- hex numbers: x or X followed by hex digits
- decimal numbers: d or D followed by decimal digits
- octal numbers: octal digits
- grouping: ()
-```
+- unary operators: `+`, `-`
+- binary operators: `+`, `-`, `*`, `/`, `%`
+- hex numbers: `x` or `X` followed by hex digits
+- decimal numbers: `d` or `D` followed by decimal digits
+- octal numbers: octal digits
+- grouping: `()`
No spaces are allowed in the expression. To avoid shell expansion,
one should surround the expression in single quotes.
@@ -105,14 +103,29 @@ Here's the grammar (`'e'` denotes the empty string) :
```
What happens if you use something other than valid digits?
The octal expression may contain:
- unary operators: +, -
- binary operators +, -, *, /, %
- hex numbers: x or X followed by hex digits
- decimal numbers: d or D followed by decimal digits
- octal numbers: octal digits
- grouping: ()
++, -+, -, *, /, %x or X followed by hex digitsd or D followed by decimal digits()No spaces are allowed in the expression. To avoid shell expansion, one should surround the expression in single quotes.
It is a good thing that this program consists of only one
@@ -457,14 +459,29 @@ what grammar non-terminal to parse. **O7 is the next character.
involving **O7 and octal constants are looking for certain characters.
Here’s the grammar ('e' denotes the empty string) :
<E> ::= <T><E'>
- <E'> ::= +<T><E'> | -<T><E'> | e
+ <E'> ::= +<T><E'> |
+ -<T><E'> | e
<T> ::= <F><T'>
- <T'> ::= *<F><T'> | /<F><T'> | %<F><T'> | e
- <F> ::= +<F> | -<F> | (<E><C> | d<D> | D<D> | x<X> | X<X> | <O>
+ <T'> ::= *<F><T'> |
+ /<F><T'> |
+ %<F><T'> | e
+ <F> ::= +<F> |
+ -<F> |
+ (<E><C> |
+ d<D> |
+ D<D> |
+ x<X> |
+ X<X> |
+ <O>
<C> ::= )
- <D> ::= [0-9]<D> | e
- <X> ::= [0-9]<X> | [A-F]<X> | [a-f]<X> | e
- <O> ::= [0-7]<O> | e
+ <D> ::= [0-9]<D> |
+ e
+ <X> ::= [0-9]<X> |
+ [A-F]<X> |
+ [a-f]<X> |
+ e
+ <O> ::= [0-7]<O> |
+ e
Here’s how the grammar nonterminals map to octal state numbers:
<E> is 012
<E'> is 011