Re: [Bug-apl] Committed value?

[David Lamkins]

That works in an _expression_, of course. It doesn't survive return from a function, though.


      a←⊣3
      a
3
      ⎕cr 'foo'
z←foo b
 z←⊣b 
      foo 3
3

On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 7:43 PM, Elias Mårtenson <address@hidden> wrote:

Now that I think about it, there is actually.

You use the monadic left-tack function. It's a variation of monadic right-tack which is the identity function.

Regards,
Elias

On 28 Jul 2014 02:03, "David B. Lamkins" <address@hidden> wrote:

Is there a way to have a defined function return a committed value?

IOW, the function returns a value that can be assigned, but doesn't
print.

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