A search in files for 4!:3 finds verb whichscript defined in ~addons/misc/miscutils/utils.ijs. I suggest we lobby Chris to have this (or a variant) included in stdlib and somehow spread knowledge of its existence.
On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 2:29 PM Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > >> > > >> -- > > > (B=) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
