Google search has not worked very well, for me, for finding most code. If the code base is highly replicated, I often can find an instance of it. But it does not find most other stuff. I assume there are practical limitations here.
Thanks, -- Raul On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 4:42 PM, 'Skip Cave' via Programming <programm...@jsoftware.com> wrote: > Chris suggests: > 'rand11' dirss '~addons' > > On my system, this results in: > > 'rand11' dirss '~addons' > > c:/program files/j64-805/addons/stats/base/random.ijs (2) > > interval (0,1) NB.*rand11 v generate y rando > > in interval (0,1) rand11=: <: @: +: @: rand01 N > > > Buried in the answer is the one-line code for rand11! Which is getting > closer to what I would like to see. However, > > > 1. I had no idea about 'dirss' > > 2. I had no idea about '~addons' - what's with the tilde?? > > 3. rand11 references rand01, which requires another search, which may > require different unknown parameters for dirss. > > 4. All this assumes I knew previously that: > > A. I knew that the code may be on my local system. > > B. That I needed to install the appropriate package on my local > system. > > D. That I knew *how* to install the right package. > > C. That the location of rand11 was in 'addons. > > > This is a lot of knowledge required for someone just learning or exploring > J. > > Luckily, I had recently installed ALL addons on my local system, so I > wouldn't have to guess on package names. > > > How would I know that the code for rand11 isn't even on the Jsoftware > website? And that I had to install a specific addon to my local machine get > it? It would seem to make sense that if the J interpreter code is open > source, with a link to the open-source J interpreter code on the Jsoftware > website (http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Git), that there would also be > links to the code for various addon modules written in J, on the website. > > > I guess I'm just spoiled with the effectiveness of Google search, which > usually gets me an answer by typing something like "where is the code for > rand11" in the main search bar. Why couldn't J provide the same ease of > access on their website? > > > Skip > > > > On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 2:37 PM, chris burke <cbu...@jsoftware.com> wrote: > >> Skip asked how to find rand11 in the J system. I would either use dirss, >> e.g. >> >> 'rand11' dirss '~addons' >> /home/chris/j8/addons/stats/base/random.ijs (2) >> interval (0,1) NB.*rand11 v generate y rando >> s in interval (0,1) rand11=: <: @: +: @: rand01 N >> >> or menu Edit|Find in Files with the same result. Find in Files does require >> that folder names be set up for locations where you want to search, e.g. >> define Addons as the addons directory, or the addons svn if you have that >> available. >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 12:29 PM, 'Skip Cave' via Programming < >> programm...@jsoftware.com> wrote: >> >> > Raul said: "It might be reasonable to expect someone to use >> > code.jsoftware.com to >> > see jsoftware code? >> > " >> > >> > It might be reasonable to expect that knowledge for someone who is >> > intimately familiar with the structure of the multiple Jsoftware >> > websites/wikis, but not to the average new user or curious explorer. Even >> > if the user figures out that there are other websites associated with the >> > Jsoftware site but not covered by the main search engine, then finds the >> > second code website, and finds the rand11 description, the only clue to >> the >> > rand11 code's whereabouts is the cryptic psuedo-path " >> > Addons/stats/base/random >> > " with no indication whether this path is somewhere on the website, or >> > elsewhere. Not very helpful except for very experienced and >> knowledgable >> > J experts. >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
