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
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