I also found that I don't like to say numbers twice, so I made it possible to set variables. Letters k through z can represent a number - simply by setting a count and then saying the letter. The first time you say the letter, the current count is loaded into that letter.

So:

8k

Means set k to 8. After that, any time you say k, you mean times 8.

The pattern called Glenn Plaid can be expressed using this notation:

8k k(4ab) 2k(2ab)

The 8k sets k to 8 and means that the size of the next two sections are connected because they both reference k again. By adjusting that 8k to, for example, 10k or 12k, you can alter the other two sections in perfect synchronization.

Note the 2k means 16 because that's 2 times 8. It is not the same as kk, which would be 64. (8 times 8)

The complete sequence is:

aaaabbbbaaaabbbbaaaabbbbaaaabbbbaaaabbbbaaaabbbbaaaabbbbaaaabbbb

aabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabb

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