Could you give an example of the input and expected output of the thing you are looking for? I don't completely understand what you want to do.
On 6 March 2010 22:45, Dan Bron <[email protected]> wrote: > Are you looking for +1 :'arbitrary J expression' ? > > > > Please excuse typos; composed on a handheld device. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tracy Harms <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 16:43:15 > To: Programming forum<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Obtaining defined names > > I guess I actually only care about =: definitions. > > It looks like there isn't a way to identify a particular thing by name, and > I have some sense of why that is so. I can do what I want by working the > other way around, that is, by using the literal name and using Do to access > its value. I'd hoped to not have to use literal intermediaries, that's all. > > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Dan Bron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 4!:5 doesn't respect =. > > Please excuse typos; composed on a handheld device. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matthew Brand <[email protected]> > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 21:09:32 > > To: Programming forum<[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Obtaining defined names > > > > Not sure if this is what you are looking for/what you mean but, > > > > names '' > > > > returns all of the names that result from =: and =. > > > > On 6 March 2010 20:56, Tracy Harms <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'm looking for an operator that takes any name that resulted from =. > or > > =: > > > and returns the characters of that name. > > > > > > I looked through the Foreign functions and Basic Characteristics but > did > > > not > > > find any way to get the name. What have I missed? > > > > > > Tracy > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
