it is often best to use fif when such searches are needed for "strange" character contents of files.
2011/11/1 Andrew Pennebaker <[email protected]> > Raul, because I saw no semantics explaining how an obscure operation like > 4!:4@< bind 'lcd' { 4!:3 bind '' would work, so I had to guess. The > operators 4!, @, <, and " are unintelligible to a new J programmer, and > they can't be Googled. > > Cheers, > > Andrew Pennebaker > www.yellosoft.us > > On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 6:33 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Given that, when executed, (4!:4@< bind 'lcd' { 4!:3 bind '') gives > > you the location of the script that defined the name lcd, why would > > you expect the same result when defining the name from two completely > > different sources? > > > > -- > > Raul > > > > On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Andrew Pennebaker > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This snippet behaves differently in the interpreter vs a J code file: > > > > > > $ jconsole > > > lcd =: 3 : ' (4!:4<''lcd'') { 4!:3 $0 ' > > > COMMON_SCRIPT_PATH =: ;}:}:;:>lcd'' > > > > > > COMMON_SCRIPT > > > /Applications/j64-701/system/main/ > > > > > > $ cat jlib.j > > > #!/usr/bin/env jconsole > > > > > > lcd =: 3 : ' (4!:4<''lcd'') { 4!:3 $0 ' > > > COMMON_SCRIPT_PATH =: ;}:}:;:>lcd'' > > > > > > echo COMMON_SCRIPT_PATH > > > > > > exit '' > > > > > > $ ./jlib.j > > > /Users/andrew/Desktop/src/mcandre/j/./ > > > > > > This is unfortunate because I was planning to use the snippet as part > of > > a > > > Makefile that would install my J package when a user enters "make > > install". > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Andrew Pennebaker > > > www.yellosoft.us > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Tracy Harms <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > >> I have found the following code helpful in loading J scripts: > > >> > > >> lcd =: 3 : ' (4!:4<''lcd'') { 4!:3 $0 ' > > >> COMMON_SCRIPT_PATH=: ;}:}:;:>lcd'' > > >> NB. path of directory from which this script is being run. > > >> > > >> This allows me to put associated scripts in any directory, launch the > > root > > >> script of that set (via jconsole.exe) and have that script load the > > other > > >> scripts by determining its own path. The load sentences are like this: > > >> > > >> load COMMON_SCRIPT_PATH, 'somescript.ijs' > > >> > > >> Thanks goes to Dan Bron for directing me to this useful code. > > >> > > >> --Tracy > > >> > > >> > > >> On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Andrew Pennebaker < > > >> [email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >> > If I have a local file coolstuff.j, where do I put coolstuff.j so > > that I > > >> > can do load 'coolstuff.j' from anywhere? If possible I'd like to put > > all > > >> my > > >> > J code in ~/.j or a similar directory and have J know to look there > > when > > >> > loading code. > > >> > > > >> > In other words, where does J search for code? > > >> > > > >> > Does J have an environment variable similar to Java's $CLASSPATH? > > >> > > > >> > Cheers, > > >> > > > >> > Andrew Pennebaker > > >> > www.yellosoft.us > > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> > 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 > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 twitter: @flugfiskur 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
