Have you looked at this: www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/RicSherlock/Temp/InteractivePrompt ?
On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 5:31 PM, PackRat <pack...@anet.com> wrote: > I originally wrote: > > Now if only 1!:1 1 would work in scripts... > > and Marshall Lochbaum responded: > > ... Then, when you see that your sentence does not have the order of > > execution you intended, add parenthesis or the slightly more > > obfuscated identity function to accomplish the task. > > ;: '(1!:1) 1' > > +-+-+--+-+-+-+ > > |(|1|!:|1|)|1| > > +-+-+--+-+-+-+ > > ;: '1!:1 ]1' > > +-+--+-+-+-+ > > |1|!:|1|]|1| > > +-+--+-+-+-+ > > I'm sorry for not making this clearer in my original comment. The > spelling (1!:1) 1 doesn't work any better than 1!:1 1 . (It hangs > the script.) The DICTIONARY states that this particular foreign > conjunction (reading from the keyboard) WILL NOT WORK in scripts. > > Thus, my earlier question (and it was implied in my comment) > essentially was: if this doesn't work in scripts, then what does? I > need the capability of grabbing user input from a textual prompt. > > > Harvey > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
