Harvey, It is called multiple and indirect assignments, there are a few examples in http://www.jsoftware.com/help/learning/12.htm (12.2.3).
Ken -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hahn, Harvey Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 12:37 PM To: Programming forum Subject: [Jprogramming] Beg Q--Name of this J programming convention? What is this programming convention called (where a literal contains a sequence of space-delimited names for referring to row lists/vectors in a table/matrix), and where is it documented (so that I can read more about it)? 'row1 row2'=. |: data \_________/ 'yr mn dy'=. |: todate (1 todayno xx) \________/ Thanks! Harvey ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
