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Syntax

RAO data comprises two types of lines, a data line and a comment line. The letter C (uppercase essential) in Column 1 identifies a comment line. Comment lines are completely ignored by Flexcom, and are intended to allow you to include comments in an RAO file for other users or to assist in later scrutiny. Comment lines can be included at any point in the RAO file.

Any line that is not a comment line is a data line. The actual data values expected on a data line are, of course, a function of position within the file. Numerical inputs on a data line are in free format, and can be specified as floating point numbers with or without exponent. Use an uppercase E when specifying an exponent. Either commas or blanks may separate a number of values on a particular data line; do not use TABs.