You could also use sminput or stdin verbs to get character input, and, if necessary, cut on spaces. Then you'd have a character vector of the verb which you can later execute, and a character vector of the digits (with leading zeros).
Louis > On 23 Sep 2016, at 22:12, Skip Cave <s...@caveconsulting.com> wrote: > > I have a verb that users can enter, followed by a 2-5 digit number that the > user enters. > > > The input is typed in as a verb followed by a number, but the number can > have leading zeros > > > ": 123 > > 123 > > #": 123 > > 3 NB. What I would expect > > ": 1305610 > > 1305610 > > #": 1305610 > > 7 NB. Also expected > > > ":012 > > 12 > > #":012 > > 2 NB. 😠Not what I expected. > > > ":000345 > > 345 > > #":000345 > > 3 > > > ":00034500 > > 34500 > > #":00034500 > > 5 > > > > NB. 😵 It drops leading zeros instead of just converting them to text! > > > It doesn't drop internal zeros or trailing zeros, just leading zeros and > only zeros. Not very consistent. > > > I need to have the numeric input typed after a verb be converted to a > character string that is an exact copy of the input number. I could require > that the input be quoted, but would prefer to not have require that. > > > Skip > > > > > > > Skip Cave > Cave Consulting LLC > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
