To run a verb, you have to give it an operand, even if it doesn't use one. Try
print '' Henry Rich On 6/29/2012 2:43 AM, Charles Pechacek wrote: > > > Hello > I have been trying to get a handle on the 'for.' control command, using a > little program taken from a > Pascal book, of which I have written a script as follows: > load 'print' > humbug=: 3 : 0 > for. >: i.3 do. > print 'We wish you a Merry Christmas' > end. > print 'And a Happy New Year!' > ) > Here are the instructions, which I think are relevant, taken from the last > example of section 12.3.7 of 'Learning J': > Another variation is the pattern for. A do. B end. in which block B is > executed as many times as there are items of A. > However, when I run this program, all that results is a copy of the code. > What am I doing wrong? > Thanks in advance. > Charles > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
