> I got it. The boxed arrays needed to be boxed before the jappend and
unboxed after the jread.
You can think of a jfile as storing a boxed list. When writing, an open
noun is first boxed, otherwise a boxed list is treated as several items to
be written to individual components. Similarly, reading
LAG0-:FLAG
1
OWNED0-:OWNED
1
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Subject: [Jprogramming] Boxed tables in j compo
I'm trying to save 2 boxed tables of literal data in a component file, and
then read them back into J.
I've tried converting the tables to binary with 3!:1 and then creating a
component file with jcreate
and using jappend to write to the jfile. This process seems to work OK.
When I try to re