listatom =: ,"1 Henry Rich
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sherlock, Ric > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 9:43 PM > To: Programming forum > Subject: [Jprogramming] listatom equivalent of boxopen > > I was looking for a phrase that would make an atom (rank 0) into a > 1-item list, but leaves anything else "as is". > Something like this but without the control structure. > if. 0=#$y do. ,y end. > > I searched as much as I could through Wiki, forum and J > system, but had > no luck. I may well have been searching for the wrong words! > > Anyway I figured that what I wanted was essentially the same as the > boxopen verb > boxopen=: <^:(L.=0:) > and so I came up with this which seems to do the job. > listatom=: ,^:(#@:$ = 0:) > > Are there other simpler ways of doing this? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
