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IBM APL2 notes
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assuming APL2/PC keyboard properties
shift ' )
shift k '
shift p *
shift m Í
shift f _
[ û
ctrl backspace toggles apl keyboard support off and on
when apl keyboard support is on all letters are capitalized
click 16th tab over for keyboard properties
)in 'z:\home\cubeman\cube54.atf'
)load 1 display
)load 1 edit
)load 1 examples
)load 1 mathfns
)load 1 utility
)load 2 graphpak
)save 1 rubik save rubik in workspace 1
)out rubik3 save rubik3 as atf
v û 1 2 3 4 5
plot v
spiral
¢1 * .5 square root of negative one, returns 0J1
vv û 1 2 3
(a b c) û vv
splits a variable into 3 parts
function keys
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F9 )clear
IBM APL2 supports nested variables and mixed variables
v û 12 'abc'
apl2ls.pdf is the IBM Language Summary
apl2lrm.pdf is the APL2 Language Reference
apl2ug.pdf is the APL2 User's Guide
transliteration
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{disclose} Ø
{represent} Ì
{iota} É
z û insertfns 'Á' store transliteration of apl code to ascii in z
z û ascii2apl '{disclose}'
store transliteration of ascii to apl code in z
z û tfread 'z:/home/cubeman/newcube.txt'
read text file newcube.txt and store it in z
y û ascii2apl z stores transliteration of asci to apl code in y
newcube û definefns y
make newcube a function based on y
programs
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RUBIK.apl
L +left l -left
R +right r -right
U +up u -up
D +down d -down
F +front f -front
B +back b -back
FBRLFBRLFBRL = 4 diagonals
suffix by 1 = clockwise
suffix by 2 = anti-clockwise