That's handy. Linda
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Devon McCormick Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 5:55 PM To: J-programming forum Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Obtaining the file path of an ijs file Perhaps not exactly what you're asking for as it's more granular than the file level, but I've often found this verb useful (thanks, Dan!): whereDefined=: 3 : '(4!:4{.;:y) {:: (4!:3''''),<''Source of definition not found for '',''.'',~y' It returns the path of the file in which a J object was defined. For example: whereDefined 'boxopen_z_' c:\Program Files (x86)\j64-701\system\main\stdlib.ijs With this caveat myfoo=: 'Defined only locally' whereDefined 'myfoo' Source of definition not found for myfoo. On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Greg Borota <[email protected]> wrote: > I am newbie too, but would BINPATH_Z_ work for you? > > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Neill Robson <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > This may seem like a rather simple question compared to the others > > being brought up, however I cannot seem to be able to find a way to > > call up an ijs file's "path" for use as a noun. I would like to > > somehow use it like one would use the "jpath" command when accessing > > something within the J program files folder, so that one does not > > have to type out the > C:/Program > > Files path name every time. I'm probably missing something obvious, > > but > I'm > > still very much a newbie at J programming. Thank you! > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- For information about J forums see > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
