I've used this, courtesy of Dan Bron, for years:
whereDefined=: 3 : '(4!:4{.;:y) {:: (4!:3''''),<''Source of definition not
found for '',''.'',~y'


On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 1:47 PM 'robert therriault' via Programming <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Mind blown. Would there not be a good argument to have it combined into a
> defined verb?
>
>    origin =: (4!:3 '' ) {::~ (4!:4 @ <)
>    origin 'echo'
> /Users/bobtherriault/j901/system/main/stdlib.ijs
>    origin 'init'
> /users/bobtherriault/j901/addons/ide/jhs/jfiles.ijs
>    origin 'init_jhs_'
> /users/bobtherriault/j901/addons/ide/jhs/core.ijs
>
> Cheers, bob
>
>
> > On Mar 7, 2020, at 09:51, Brian Schott <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > This is a very handy trick.
> > Because the Subject of this thread is so uninformative, I have Forwarded
> it
> > to myself after changing the Subject.
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 12:05 PM Raul Miller <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> >>   4!:4<'echo'
> >>
> >> 1
> >>
> >>   1{::4!:3''
> >>
> >> /j/system/main/stdlib.ijs
> >>
> >>
> >> https://www.jsoftware.com/help/user/lib_stdlib.htm
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Raul
> >>
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