Not always possible, names can be hidden inside literal strings. eg

'a1 a2'=. ...

". 'bcd=. ...'

It have to, at least, change the fsm (dyad ;:) to allow non-ascii names.

On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Tracy Harms wrote:
> 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."
> >
> >
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