Hi Jake, The 0 is used to indicate that the lines following - up until a single right parenthesis ')' - will be the definition of an explicit verb. There is an option of replacing the 0 with a string if the verb can be defined on one line.
Chapter 12 in Roger Stokes gives a good explanation of this. http://www.jsoftware.com/docs/help701/learning/12.htm Cheers, bob On 2012-05-20, at 4:09 PM, jake wilson wrote: > when defining a verb, the J Primer says to write this: > > centigrade =. 3 : 0 >> >> what is the 3 for there? I assumed it was because following that > statement, the primer says to define three variables, t1, t2, and t3, but > then on the next page it uses the same definition, but only defines one > variable. Also, what is the zero for? > > Thanks, > -Jake > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
