IBM 5100 Apl Reference Manual

SPECIAL SYMBOLS
Assignment Arrow -<- (J
The assignment arrow causes APL to evaluate everything to the right of the arrow
and associate
that value with the name to the left of the arrow. For example,
A+2+3 means
that 2+3, or 5, is assigned to the name A. When A is used in a later
APL
statement, it has a value of 5.
Notes:
1. When a value assigned to a variable is used as the argument for a function,
the value assigned to the variable is used by the function, regardless of
any previous or future value assigned to the variable. For example:
6
3
-,
A~hl+
(A~"3) +A
A
(A~"3) +A~··I+
A
2. To avoid confusion, a variable should not be referenced in the same expression
it
is assigned, except directly to the right of the assignment. For example:
3
A~"2
A~"A+:I.
A

IBM 5100 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	5100
Category	Laptop
Language	English