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# `Wheat.m4'
gen_init

boxwid = boxht

[ for j = 0 to 7 do {
   for i = 0 to 7 do {
     x = 2^(j+8*i)
     box fill_((i+j)%2) at (j*boxwid,-i*boxwid)
     k = ((i+j)%2==0); setrgb(k,k,k)
     if x < 10000 then { sprintf("\Large$%g$",x) at last box } \
     else { y = int(log(x))
       sprintf("{\Large$%g$}$\cdot 10^{%g}$",round_(x/(10^y)),y) at last box }
     resetrgb
     }
   }
 ]
box wid 8*boxwid ht 8*boxwid at last []

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