The problem is that pasting multiple lines somehow only results in the last one being seen in the GUI's. In the console it does work as expected. This is a point where I think the GUI's are a bit counter intuitive. The workarounds have been given by others. Kind regards,
Jan-Pieter 2014-02-15 19:27 GMT+01:00 robert therriault <bobtherria...@mac.com>: > You can put the linefeeds in yourself. > > a=:'ab',LF,'cd',LF,'ef',LF,'gh',LF,'ij' > a > ab > cd > ef > gh > ij > $a > 14 > b=: 'ab','cd','ef','gh',:'ij' > b > ab > cd > ef > gh > ij > $b > 5 2 > c=: 0 : 0 > ab > cd > ef > gh > ij > ) > c > ab > cd > ef > gh > ij > $c > 15 > > Note that a is a 14 character string which displays linefeeds and b is a > 5 2 array. c is a 15 character string because of the extra LF you have used > to moved to the last line ')' in your explicit definition. > > Hope this helps, > > Cheers, bob > > On Feb 15, 2014, at 10:09 AM, Henry Rich <henryhr...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > > Usually put it into .ijs, but you can copy it into .ijx, then select it > all in the .ijx, and do Run|Selection. > > > > Henry Rich > > > > On 2/15/2014 1:06 PM, Asdasd Asdasd wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> Hi, I'm a novice in J and I was trying to define a noun as a multi-line > text like this: > >> > >> txt =: 0 : 0 > >> ab > >> cd > >> fg > >> hi > >> jk > >> ij > >> ) > >> > >> I tried first executing the first line (txt =: 0 : 0) and then pasting > (ctrl v) my text. The result was only 'ij'. > >> I tried then to execute the first line and press F8 (run clipboard), > getting 0!:101 inputx_jrx_ as a result. > >> > >> So, is there a way to assign multiline text to a noun without having to > create a new ijs and running from there? > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
