> From: Ian Clark > The Phrases document (Phr) in J Help contains a lot of useful > definitions which are graced by their own names, eg "by", "over", > "tab". But Phr doesn't appear to have an Index or an easy way of > searching it. > > Have these named words been collected into a list or script somewhere? > > If not, how should I go about looking up in Phr a half-remembered > definition, like "tab" (which happens to be defined in > Help|Phrases|2.D)?
I find the "Find in Files" utility very useful for searching through the Help documents, System scripts, or my own project scripts for definitions that I half remember or topics of interest: Edit|Find in Files Choose the Help tab. Find what: tab In context: any Look In: Phrases Click Find to display the results of search in the text box. Click Open to show a summary of the results in the browser with clickable links to the various pages. I don't see a definition for "tab" on that page ... was the definition you were thinking of actually "table"? There is an adverb "table" defined in the ~system/main/stdlib.ijs too. In a fresh J session try: > table i.5 To view the definition in the script where it was defined type: edit 'table' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
