Thanks.

So there's no way to achieve it with a tacit verb?

On 22 Jul 2012, at 18:48, Ric Sherlock wrote:

> When you assign a Tacit verb to a name the value of the nouns in the
> definition are "compiled" in to the tacit definition. If you use an
> explicit definition the noun will be reevaluate d each time.
> On Jul 22, 2012 1:32 PM, "David Vaughan" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I have a noun called paths, whose value changes at various points, and a
>> verb g that uses paths. The problem is, it only works for the initial value
>> of paths.
>> 
>>   paths =: \:~&.> (;~ 0$0) , <\ 2+i.7
>>   paths
>> ┌┬┬─┬───┬─────┬───────┬─────────┬───────────┬─────────────┐
>> │││2│3 2│4 3 2│5 4 3 2│6 5 4 3 2│7 6 5 4 3 2│8 7 6 5 4 3 2│
>> └┴┴─┴───┴─────┴───────┴─────────┴───────────┴─────────────┘
>>   g =. >@{&paths
>>   g
>>> @{&((0$0);(0$0);(,2);3 2;4 3 2;5 4 3 2;6 5 4 3 2;7 6 5 4 3 2;8 7 6 5 4 3
>> 2)
>> 
>> So now when paths changes, g becomes useless.
>> 
>> My question is how can I get g to always check the value of paths when it
>> is executed? And more generally, how can the name of a noun rather than the
>> value of the noun be used in a verb?
>> 
>> Many thanks.
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