I thought of "0 : 0" too as a solution for this but it gets terminated by any embedded single closing paren which you would have as part of a function definition. I like Raul's idea of abusing the double-curlies notation.
On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 11:01 AM Hauke Rehr <[email protected]> wrote: > I usually abuse 0:0 for block comments. > > Am 31.08.21 um 16:21 schrieb Raul Miller: > > In recent J implementations (j902, j903), you can wrap the unwanted > > section of the script in {{ }}. > > > > This will defer execution of those lines and then discard them (which > > is somewhat fortuitous, since execution of that kind of definition > > would probably be bad). > > > > I hope this helps, > > > > > > -- > > Raul > > > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 8:27 AM 'Rudolf Sykora' via Programming > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Dear list, > >> > >> > >> if I load a (longer) script, I sometimes want to ignore a part of it > >> beyond a certain line. Is there a way to achieve that gracefully? (I > >> sometimes just add something syntactically wrong to stop there, on an > >> error). > >> > >> > >> Thank you. > >> Ruda > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > -- > ---------------------- > mail written using NEO > neo-layout.org > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA Quantitative Consultant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
