Hey John,

When I tried this I got 

   9!:12 ''

5

which confused me. Then I realized that the print precision pair is 9!:10 and 
9!:11

9!:12 give you the OS type. (I had checked all the way back to j902 before I 
figured this out!)

Cheers, bob

> On Mar 8, 2023, at 12:39, John Baker <bakerj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I just noticed this today. It seems the print precision setting no
> longer works in later versions of J.
> 
> You can query the setting (9!:12 '') and it returns 6 but you cannot
> change it (9!:11) 10 - still returns 6.
> 
> When did print precision go away and what's the recommended substitute.
> 
> -- 
> John D. Baker
> bakerj...@gmail.com
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