This is kind of a Quine: load'~addons/general/misc/clippaste.ijs' xx=:getcliptext'' since it produces itself as the output if I cut and paste it into a J session.
On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 11:15 AM David Mitchell < [email protected]> wrote: > On windows, this will read multiline data from the clipboard in jconsole > or jqt: > > load'~addons/general/misc/clippaste.ijs' > xx=:getcliptext'' > > xx > "cell_type": "code", > "execution_count": 10, > "metadata": {}, > "outputs": [ > { > "name": "stdout", > "output_type": "stream", > "text": [ > "The Truth Is Out There\n" > > Cheers, > David Mitchell > > On 1/29/2019 11:02, Brian Schott wrote: > > I find reading multiline data into jconsole (or even into jqt) to be > > awkward unless the data are in a file. I would like to be able to read > data > > from the clipboard directly into some pre-named noun. > > > > The list of steps I use is annoyingly long. > > a) prepend the data with 'data =. (0 : 0)' , > > b) press <return>, > > c) copy the data into the clipboard, > > d) paste into the jconsole, > > e) press <return>, > > f) end with ')', and > > g) press <return> > > > > The original version of J for ipad (and likely, the updated version as > > well) offers the following verb which works quite well. I'm wondering if > > there is a similar verb for jconsole (or jqt) (that I may have missed). > > > > jfromcb =: 3 : 0 > > smoutput '<ioscmd>fromcb ' > > fread'data' > > ) > > > > Thanks, > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm -- Devon McCormick, CFA Quantitative Consultant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
