You can use grids and J commands together on a form and get the best of both.
You have an example in threegrids.ijs in http://groups.google.com/group/j-programming/files I am looking forward being able to do grids or similar in JHS rather than forms. 2010/5/20 Brian Schott <[email protected]>: > Devon, > > Yes, the subroutine reminds me how I would rather > use J, if possible, instead of using the macro language. J > and spreadsheets are so similar, but so different. I won't > presume to suggest alternatives for your problem associated > with appending new data. > > On Thu, 20 May 2010, Devon McCormick wrote: > > One annoyance I find with current spreadsheet notation is formulas, in > general, are not aware of the range of cells over which they operate. So, > if I'm summing a column of numbers and append more numbers to the bottom of > the column (I usually write my summary information at the top of a sheet as > this is more convenient), it's easy to get it wrong if I forget to adjust > the formula or adjust it incorrectly. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fornustekkum II 781 Hornafirði, t-póst: [email protected] gsm: +3546985532 sími: +3544781286 http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum /|_ .-----------------------------------. ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | ( -. | `-----------------------------------' | ) | (\_ _/) (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
