Hi Tracy Maybe also take a look at the 'nl' verb that is used in 'names' to see the argument options (if they are useful to you):
names ┌───────┬─┬──┐ │list_z_...@│nl│ └───────┴─┴──┘ nl ┌─┬─┬──────────────────────────────────┐ │3│:│'' nl y │ │ │ │: │ │ │ │if. 0 e. #y do. y=. 0 1 2 3 end. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │if. 1 4 8 e.~ 3!:0 y do. │ │ │ │ nms=. (4!:1 y) -. ;: 'x y x. y.'│ │ │ │else. │ │ │ │ nms=. cutopen_z_ y │ │ │ │end. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │if. 0 e. #nms do. return. end. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │if. #t=. x -. ' ' do. │ │ │ │ 'n s'=. '~*' e. t │ │ │ │ t=. t -. '~*' │ │ │ │ b=. t&E. &> nms │ │ │ │ if. s do. b=. +./"1 b │ │ │ │ else. b=. {."1 b end. │ │ │ │ nms=. nms #~ n ~: b │ │ │ │end. │ └─┴─┴──────────────────────────────────┘ Cheers, bob On -Mar6-2010, at -Mar6-20101:09 PM, Matthew Brand wrote: > Not sure if this is what you are looking for/what you mean but, > > names '' > > returns all of the names that result from =: and =. > > On 6 March 2010 20:56, Tracy Harms <kalei...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm looking for an operator that takes any name that resulted from =. or =: >> and returns the characters of that name. >> >> I looked through the Foreign functions and Basic Characteristics but did >> not >> find any way to get the name. What have I missed? >> >> Tracy >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm