show =: 1 : '5!:5<''u'''
should serve your purposes. Execute as an adverb, i.e.
(+/%#) show
+/ % #
There are other formats, which you can find in the help section on foreigns
under 5!: .
Marshall
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Edward Mokurai Cherlin <
moku...@sugarlabs.org> wrote:
> I had thought that I would not be able to get a program to show the
> definition of a function given its name, but I found a kludge for the
> purpose using tie. Now I would like to know whether somebody has a
> direct solution. My application for this capability is a defined
> adverb for producing function tables.
>
> t=.1 :(':';'2 2$(>1 0#u`u);y;(,.x);x u/ y')
> l +t l=.i.5
> ┌─┬─────────┐
> │+│0 1 2 3 4│
> ├─┼─────────┤
> │0│0 1 2 3 4│
> │1│1 2 3 4 5│
> │2│2 3 4 5 6│
> │3│3 4 5 6 7│
> │4│4 5 6 7 8│
> └─┴─────────┘
>
> The question then is whether somebody knows a less ugly way to display
> the value of u in executing this adverb than >1 0#u`u or >0{u`u .
>
> --
> Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin
> Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation.
> The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination.
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