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@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ where const char *format consists of zero or more of the following:
 * i - integer (int)
 * s - c string (char*)
 * x - hexadecimal integer value, with a precision of at least six digits.
-      (hex value is preceded by an 'x', like "x123456"
+      (hex value is preceded by an 'x', like "x123456")
 
 For some of Pd's internals like array visualization, the message length may
 vary. For these _special_ cases, the following functions allow the developer
@@ -336,4 +336,4 @@ primitives (numbers, strings, and arrays). For the arrays, Javascript's array
 notation is used. This is a highly idiosyncratic, quick-and-dirty approach.
 But the point is that the idiosyncracy exists in a single file of the source
 code, and can be easily made more modular (or replaced entirely by something
-else) without affecting _any_ of the rest of the C code.
+else) without affecting _any_ of the rest of the C code.
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