I don't know that it has an official name. I called it multiple assignment in JfC.
We have also the multiple AR assignment '`plus minus' =. +`- and the indirect assignment names =. ;: 'one two' (names) =. 1 2 Henry Rich On 5/31/2012 12:24 PM, Steven Taylor wrote: > Hi, > > just looking for a definition of this quoted variable assignment behaviour > that I leaned about on this forum. What's it called in J parlance? > > 'a b c' =. 1;2;3 > > 'a2 b2 c2' =. 1 2 3 > > Also, it looks like we get an unbox for free > > (a2=a),(b2=b),(c2=c) > 1 1 1 > > thanks, > -Steven > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
