Non-ASCII names may, however, be accomplished by way of a customized preprocessor.
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Sherlock, Ric<[email protected]> wrote: >> From: emptist >> >> Hi, >> I wonder if it's supported feature to use two byte chars such as >> Chinese Chars for varialbe/function names. I have tried typing a >> few but have got errors. Am I missing something? > > No, currently names must be ASCII. There has been previous forum discussion > about representing J primitives as a single (Unicode) symbols if you wish to > search for it. > > From the Dictionary page "Alphabet and Words": > http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dict1.htm > > "The alphabet is standard ASCII, comprising digits, letters (of the English > alphabet), the underline (used in names and numbers), ..." > > "Names ... begin with a letter and may continue with letters, underlines, and > digits." > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
