See http://jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/d310n.htm for the definition of explicit.
As others have noted, there's a mnemonic relationship between the left arg for explicit and the result of name class. http://jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dx004.htm FYI, -- Raul On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 7:09 PM, jake wilson <jakewilso...@gmail.com> wrote: > when defining a verb, the J Primer says to write this: > > centigrade =. 3 : 0 >> >> what is the 3 for there? I assumed it was because following that > statement, the primer says to define three variables, t1, t2, and t3, but > then on the next page it uses the same definition, but only defines one > variable. Also, what is the zero for? > > Thanks, > -Jake > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm