'prompt' 1!:2 [ 4 1!:1 ] 1 is what should work in console.
doing similar in a J gui is dependent on what J is being used. There was a variation available for J6 and the session manager there. In JHS and GTK the methods are a bit different, 2011/12/31 bill lam <bbill....@gmail.com> > I'm puzzled. If prompt works for you, why 1!:1]1 didn't? > > Сбт, 31 Дек 2011, PackRat писал(а): > > Devon McCormick wrote: > > > Have you looked at this: > > > www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/RicSherlock/Temp/InteractivePrompt ? > > > > Thank you VERY much! > > > > I wish someone along the line had merely said something like, "Have you > > tried the 'prompt' verb in the 'misc' library?" That verb is exactly > > what I was looking for in terms of user input, and it works fine to do > > what I wanted. I didn't even know it existed. (This is where an index > > or annotated list of ALL library verbs in the J system available to a > > programmer would be of great use.) > > > > Just a word about my desiring this style of user input/output. I KNOW > > that a GUI interface is better, and that's eventually where I want to > > go with it. But I was trying to follow the J programming paradigm > > where you get the program logic right first, and then flesh it out. > > That's why I wanted to use the quick and dirty approach for user > > input/output to get the whole thing working right as quickly as > > possible (without using valuable programming time for the effort > > necessary to get GUI aspects just right). Once I know the code is > > working, then I can go back and make it look fancier. > > > > > > Harvey > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > -- > regards, > ==================================================== > GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fornustekkum II 781 Hornafirði, t-póst: gos...@gmail.com gsm: +3546985532 twitter: @flugfiskur http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum /|_ .-----------------------------------. ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | ( -. | `-----------------------------------' | ) | (\_ _/) (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
