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* [[Sink]]: <apll>←A</apll> | * [[Sink]]: <apll>←A</apll> | ||
==Primitive functions== | ==Primitive functions== | ||
* [[ | * [[Indexing]]: <apll>R[L]</apll>, <apll>R[L]←A</apll>, <apll>R[L]<i>f</i>←A</apll> | ||
* [[Index Generator]]: <apll>⍳R</apll> | * [[Index Generator]]: <apll>⍳R</apll> | ||
* [[Index Of]]: <apll>L⍳R</apll> | * [[Index Of]]: <apll>L⍳R</apll> | ||
Revision as of 15:09, 13 April 2008
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
- Indexing: R[L], R[L]←A, R[L]f←A
- Index Generator: ⍳R
- Index Of: L⍳R
- Matrix Inverse/Divide: ⌹R, L⌹R
- Without: L~R
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)
