Modesty forbids me to mention that "Learning J" section 28.4 offers a discussion of persistent variables mapped to files which might be relevant.
On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 4:51 PM, John Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris has already replied about how to save and reload j words. If you > want to go beyond saving to organizing, refactoring and reusing take a look > at Jod. The joddocument addon installs a detailed PDF that addresses all > these issues. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 12, 2015, at 9:22 PM, 'Rodney Nicholson' via Chat < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi folks: > > I am completely new to J, but I have fairly extensive experience from > programming in APL years ago. So I am not finding it difficult to figure > out enough about J to satisfy my present rather simple programming needs. > However, in APL I was used to working in a workspace and then saving it - > ')save name' I recall - and loading it when I needed it again. > > I have had no trouble finding a J 'workspace' nor manipulating data in > it using simple J code, but when I go to FILE and save it, it gets called > ~temp/1.ijs or ~temp/2.ijs ...... . I need to know how to name and save > permanently so I can reliably retrieve my previous software and data. > Oddly, I have not come across this information in any of the learning > material I have seen so far. Directions to this one piece of information > will transform my entire weekend! > > Please : ^ ))) > > > > Help will be much appreciated. Thank you in advance. > > Rodney. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
