Language Features
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At the moment, the following sections describe only those language features that are New or Enhanced relative to the Extended APL Standard, or that deserve special comment.
Syntax
- Strand Assignment: (A1 A2 ... An)←R
- Modify Assignment: Af←R
- Modify Strand Assignment: (A1 A2 ... An)f←R
- Function/Operator Assignment: A←f, A←op1, A←op2
- Sink: ←A
Primitive functions
Primitive operators
- Axis: f[X], f op1[X], f op2[X]g
- Composition: f∘g, f∘R, L∘g
- Null: f⊙
- Rank: f⍤X
- Rank with Axis: f⍥[X]
Datatypes
- Infinity: _ and ¯_
- Arithmetic Progression Arrays: 2 3 4⍴⍳24
- Unicode Characters
System Functions
- ⎕CR (Canonical Representation)
- ⎕DM (Diagnostic Message)
- ⎕DR (Data Representation)
- ⎕ERROR (Error Signal)
- ⎕SIZE (Object Size)
- ⎕SYSID (System Identifier)
- ⎕SYSVER (System Version)
- ⎕TC and related ⎕TCxxx (Terminal Control)
- ⎕TYPE (Prototype)
- ⎕UCS (Universal Character Set)