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@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ pydt
 
 Pitman Yor diffusion tree sampler
 
-To compile you will need the Boost libraries. e.g. if boost is in ~/boost_1_51_0/ then run: 
-
+To compile you will need the Boost libraries. e.g. if boost is in `~/boost_1_51_0/` then run: 
+```
 g++ -O3 main.cpp -I ~/boost_1_51_0/ -o pydt
+```
 
 To run on the CCLE data provided here you can then run for example
-
+```
 ./pydt 0 1.5 sensitivity.txt cell_names.txt 1000 1 1
+```
 
-Just running pydt with no args will explain what these inputs are. 
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+Just running pydt with no args will explain what these inputs are.