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APL is an array-oriented programming language. Its powerful, concise syntax lets you develop shorter programs that enable you to think more about the problem you're trying to solve than how to express it to a computer.

Running APL

Traditionally a commercial language, there are now quite a few implementations available to download for free without feature limitations, and several of these can be tried online without installing anything.

Running APL ∙ Try APL online

Introduction to APL

Taking up a new programming language can be a daunting task, but APL is actually very easy to learn. A few introductory guides have been created to help you in the process.

Tutorials ∙ Syntax

Who uses APL?

APL has gained traction among both hobbyists and and real-world application developers. There are active user groups all around the globe, many of these hold regular in-person meet-ups. There is also a popular online APL chat room.

Case studies

Contributing

APL Wiki is an online open-content collaborative knowledge base; that is, a voluntary association of individuals and groups working to develop a common knowledge resource. The structure of the project allows anyone with an Internet connection to alter its content.

Contributing

Examples

APL's terseness means that substantial programs are expressible in a small space, relative to many other programming languages. Here are some examples:

Split text by delimiter

Try it now!

      ','(≠⊆⊢)'comma,delimited,text'
┌─────┬─────────┬────┐
│comma│delimited│text│
└─────┴─────────┴────┘

Works in: Dyalog APL

Conway's "Game of Life"

John Scholes is famous for the following implementation of Conway's "Game of Life":

Try it now!

      ⊢world←2 2 2 2⊤0 12 5 2 4 1
0 1 0 0 0 0
0 1 1 0 1 0
0 0 0 1 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 1
      {↑1 ⍵∨.∧3 4=+/,¯1 0 1∘.⊖¯1 0 1∘.⌽⊂⍵} world
1 1 0 1 0 0
0 1 1 1 0 0
0 1 0 1 1 0
0 0 1 0 0 0

Works in: Dyalog APL, ngn/apl

More examples

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APL community [edit]
Activities	Conferences ∙ User groups and meetups ∙ Iverson Award ∙ Exercises
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Other	APL Trust ∙ APL Quote Quad ∙ Blogs ∙ Books ∙ Case studies ∙ Famous APL users ∙ Humour ∙ Jobs ∙ Merchandise ∙ Papers ∙ Podcasts ∙ TryAPL ∙ Try It Online ∙ Video channels

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 APL is an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Array_programming array-oriented programming language]. Its powerful, concise [[syntactic overview|syntax]] lets you develop shorter programs that enable you to think more about the problem you're trying to solve than how to express it to a computer.
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+Traditionally a commercial language, there are now quite a few implementations available to download for free without feature limitations, and several of these can be tried online without installing anything.
+<p style="text-align:right>'''[[Running APL]] ∙ [https://tryapl.org/ Try APL online]'''</p>
-Traditionally a commercial language, there are now quite a few APL dialects available to download for free without feature limitations, and most of these can be tried online without installing anything.
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-{{Main|Tutorials}}
+Taking up a new programming language can be a daunting task, but APL is actually very easy to learn. A few introductory guides have been created to help you in the process.
-Taking up APL can ba a daunting task; a few introductory guides have been created to help in the process.
+<p style="text-align:right>'''[[Tutorials]] ∙ [[Syntactic overview|Syntax]]'''</p>
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 <h2 style="margin:0.75em 0; background:#ddcef2; font-family:inherit; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #afa3bf; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em">Who uses APL?</h2>
-There are many [[case studies]] of both hobby and real-world APL applications.
+APL has gained traction among both hobbyists and and real-world application developers. There are active [[:Category:user groups|user groups]] all around the globe, many of these hold regular in-person meet-ups. There is also a popular online [[APL Orchard|APL chat room]].
-There is a popular [[APL Orchard|APL chat room on Stack Exchange]].
+<p style="text-align:right>'''[[Case studies]]'''</p>
-There are active [[:Category:user groups|user groups]] all around the globe, many of these hold regular in-person meet-ups.
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 <h2 style="margin:0.75em 0; background:#f2cedd; font-family:inherit; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #bfa3af; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em">Contributing</h2>
-{{Main|Contributing}}
+APL Wiki is an online open-content collaborative knowledge base; that is, a voluntary association of individuals and groups working to develop a common knowledge resource. The structure of the project allows anyone with an Internet connection to alter its content.
-APL Wiki is an online open-content collaborative knowledge base; that is, a voluntary association of individuals and groups working to develop a common knowledge resource. The structure of the project allows anyone with an Internet connection to alter its content. APL Wiki is not directly affiliated with any particular individuals, companies, or organisations.
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-{{Main|Examples}}
 APL's terseness means that substantial programs are expressible in a small space, relative to many other programming languages. Here are some examples:
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