(wrong "this", but thanks) -- Raul
On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 8:50 PM, HenryRich <[email protected]> wrote: > Marshall wants assignment that does nothing if the name is already assigned. > He called this 'default', which it is in a high-level sense. Most of us > mean default in a low-level sense, i. e. always assign the name, but use a > default value if the user doesn't give one. > > Henry Rich > > On 7/11/2017 8:37 PM, Raul Miller wrote: >> >> Ok, so, just to be clear - this has nothing to do with default assignment? >> >> That said, it's probably intentional that there's no verb form of =: >> (or =.). For example, given >> >> is=: 4 :'(x)=:y' >> >> consider: >> >> 'abc' is"0 i.3 4 5 >> >> Questions: >> >> (1) what is >> >> a+b+c >> >> (2) how is this useful? >> >> Thanks, >> > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > http://www.avg.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
