Your work is in script files, which are saved automatically as you use the system (at least in JQt).
You run the scripts by loading them, or by running one or more lines from them, see the various Run commands in the Edit|Run menu. There is no need to first copy from Edit to Term. Any output is displayed in the Term (or Terminal) window. You can also enter commands directly in that window, but most of the time you are likely to run commands from a script that is open in Edit. Data can be stored in script files, or jfiles, sql, csv, or various other formats. On 15 December 2015 at 14:00, 'Rodney Nicholson' via Chat < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks: > Many thanks for the help so far. I seem to be making considerable > progress toward my modest objective of writing some straightforward code to > manipulate data in two-dimensional arrays. And I see written somewhere > that: > > "GettingHelp,........... A great manyexperienced J users monitor messages > sent to the Forum and are willing toanswer your questions on J, from the > trivial to the profound." > Well here is a question which must rank among the most trivial ever > asked(!): > The documentation says it is not necessary to save your work, it is > automatically saved. My question is: When I open a new session, where > should I look to find my data (and programs?)? I have created small tables > of numerical data in both the execution window and in script files. When I > open a new session, if I ask for the data I had created in the previous > session there is, of course, no response from the script file, and the > execution window seems to start out blank. If I copy the array name from > the script to the execution window and hit ENTER it tells me: "I value > error: xxx" > Similarly with short experimental functions (verbs) I have written: each > time I want to run a 'program', do I have to transfer the coding of it, and > any subroutines, from the script file to the execution file? Or is there a > way to preserve the programs so they are ready to be used again in the > execution window in a new session? Certainly moving functions from the > script file to the execution window would not be arduous. But it would not > be 'user-friendly' not to have easy access to the data arrays. > > Also, as an aside, the execution file is called "Term". Is that the > abbrevation of a longer word? > > I want to create some largish two-dimensional numerical arrays each of > which will take several hours to assemble, and then manipulate these data > multiple times over future sessions. So where/how do such variables get > stored/retrieved so I do not have to assemble them each time I want to > manipulate them again after starting a new session? > > Thank you. > Rodney Nicholson. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
