Hi Pete,
Are you looking for ". (Do) https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/quotedot
".'1 + 1'
2
FUNCTION=: 4 : 0
smoutput x NB. output x string
smoutput y NB. output y string
x +&". y NB. Using + as the dyadic verb placeholder, equivalent to (". x) +
". y
)
'1+1' FUNCTION '2+2'
1+1
2+2
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Cheers, bob
> On Feb 18, 2020, at 09:10, PMA <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> This question must be too clueless to ask,
> but two hours with NuVoc leaves me still
> wondering --
>
> I need to write a function invocation with
> its numeric x and y each in quotes as TEXT:
>
> '1+1' FUNCTION '2+2'
>
> I want the function then, after displaying
> x and y, to remove their quotes and execute
> their innards.
>
> What (a primitive, I assume!) will convert
> each quote to an executable expression?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Sorry to test your patience!
> Pete
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