> From: "Sherlock, Ric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> ---Alex Rufon wrote:
> > Somebody here in the list gave me the following tacit definition last
> > year:
> >
> > adbom2bconsump=: [: (#~ (0 ~: 1&{"1))@; <@(0&{ ,. 1&{ ([EMAIL PROTECTED] ,.
> > (] +//.
> > ["0) ,. [ * [EMAIL PROTECTED]) 2&}.)"1
> >
> > adbom2bconsump i. 2 5
> > Now I have another task which has a similar requirement but not exactly
> > the same input. So I was debugging this by executing the code one by
> > one. Then I remembered that there was supposed to be a way/method which
> > will automatically box the script by the order of execution.
> > The problem is, I can't remember it.
>
> You might be referring to boxed syntax:
> Edit|Configure|Display|Display Form|Box
>
> (I've used the tacit verb mean to circumvent linewrapping problems.)
>
> mean=: +/ % #
> mean
> +-----+-+-+
> |+-+-+|%|#|
> ||+|/|| | |
> |+-+-+| | |
> +-----+-+-+
>
> Or perhaps trace:
> load 'trace'
> trace '(+/ % #) i.2 5'
> --------------- 3 Adverb -----
> +
> /
> +/
...
Here is a compact way to graphically box nested expressions,
which preserves compact linear form. You can easily doodle it
manually, while visually scanning the structure.
http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/OlegKobchenko/Map_Display
By its likeness, it is called Map Display.
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