First of all because of change in syntax, you have to change the line setup x to setup m
and then it works like this '*: 4' EVM 16 hist '' Queue Stack Rule +---------+ +------+----+---+ +-----+ |mark *: 4| | | | | | | +---------+ +------+----+---+ +-----+ |mark *: | | 4 | | | | | +---------+ +------+----+---+ +-----+ |mark | | *: | 4 | | | | +---------+ +------+----+---+ +-----+ | | | mark | *: | 4 | |monad| +---------+ +------+----+---+ +-----+ | | | mark | 16 | | | | +---------+ +------+----+---+ +-----+ On Sat, Dec 3, 2022 at 8:14 PM Richard Donovan <rsdono...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I was reading on the J website of the useful sounding adverb EVM so I went > to the link at Help / Learning / Ap 1: Evaluating Expressions - J Wiki ( > jsoftware.com)< > https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Help/Learning/Ap_1:_Evaluating_Expressions> > and downloaded it. > > So far I cannot get it to work at all using the examples given, I get > syntax error in every case! EG > > From the wiki page... > *: 4 > '*: 4' EVM > 16 > 16 > > Me: > > *: 4'*: 4' EVM > |syntax error > | *: 4'*: 4'EVM > > Have I catastrophically misunderstood this, or missed something obvious?? > > Thanks > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm