Of course, if you use 0 :0 you do not need to quote your strings. If you are trying to build a verb that uses a single large string, you might want to use (0 :0)(1 :0) instead of 3 :0.
If you define two blocks from the same line, and both block references are parenthesized, you need to provide the right block's text before you provide the left block's text. (If you instead use (0 :0)1 :0 the block order would be reversed.) example=: (0 :0)(1 :0) y,m,y : x,m,y ) 'stuff' ) example '*' *'stuff' * '<' example '>' <'stuff' > If you do not want the newline, you might instead use (0 :0-.LF) FYI, -- Raul On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Steven Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > the motivation here isn't that strong, but I was curious to know if there > was another form of J that avoided needing double single quotes inside > strings. > > Example 1 (runs): > > fa=.0 : 0 > > abc > > ) > > f=:3 : 0 > > fa > > ) > > f'' > > > Example 2 (fails): > > f=:3 : 0 > > a=.0 : 0 > > abc > > ) > > a > > ) > > > f '' > > thanks, > -Steven > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
