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A '''user-defined function''' (or '''tradfn''', pronounced "trad fun", for "traditional function", in [[Dyalog APL]]) is a function defined using a header that includes the function's name. Introduced in [[APL\360]], function definition was universally supported by APL dialects for much of the language's history, and is still commonly used in mainstream APLs. Since the 1990s other ways to [[Function styles|describe functions]] have appeared, with [[J]] and [[K]] rejecting function definition in favor of [[anonymous function]] description. | A '''user-defined function''' (or '''tradfn''', pronounced "trad fun", for "traditional function", in [[Dyalog APL]]) is a function defined using a header that includes the function's name. Introduced in [[APL\360]], function definition was universally supported by APL dialects for much of the language's [[history]], and is still commonly used in mainstream APLs. Since the 1990s other ways to [[Function styles|describe functions]] have appeared, with [[J]] and [[K]] rejecting function definition in favor of [[anonymous function]] description. | ||
The canonical representation form is equivalent to what the user would type into the [[line editor]] to define the function. An alternative representation consists of the entire [[session]] log transcript, including [[Del]]s (<source lang=apl inline>∇</source>) and line numbers, after having such a definition has been made. | {{Anchor|Representations}}The canonical representation form is equivalent to what the user would type into the [[line editor]] to define the function.<ref>[[Dyalog Ltd.]] Programming Reference Guide. [https://help.dyalog.com/latest/#Language/Defined%20Functions%20and%20Operators/Canonical%20Representation.htm Canonical Representation].</ref> An alternative representation consists of the entire [[session]] log transcript, including [[Del]]s (<source lang=apl inline>∇</source>) and line numbers, after having such a definition has been made.<ref>[[Dyalog Ltd.]] Language Reference Guide. [https://help.dyalog.com/latest/#Language/System%20Functions/vr.htm Vector Representation].</ref> | ||
Beginning in the 2010s [[Dyalog]]-based APL dialects including [[ngn/apl]], [[dzaima/APL]], and [[APL\iv]] have removed function definition in favor of [[dfn]]s. Wikipedia has a comparison of [[Wikipedia:Direct_function#Dfns_versus_tradfns|dfns versus tradfns]]. | Beginning in the 2010s [[Dyalog]]-based APL dialects including [[ngn/apl]], [[dzaima/APL]], and [[APL\iv]] have removed function definition in favor of [[dfn]]s. Wikipedia has a comparison of [[Wikipedia:Direct_function#Dfns_versus_tradfns|dfns versus tradfns]]. | ||
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=== Brackets === | === Brackets === | ||
[[GNU APL]] allows functions and operators to accept an [[function axis|axis]] argument:<ref>[https://www.gnu.org/software/apl/apl.html#Section-3_002e2 | [[GNU APL]] allows functions and operators to accept an [[function axis|axis]] argument:<ref>[[GNU APL community]]. GNU APL Info Manual. [https://www.gnu.org/software/apl/apl.html#Section-3_002e2 Axis argument in defined functions].</ref> | ||
<source lang=apl> | <source lang=apl> | ||
∇ Z←Average[X] B | ∇ Z←Average[X] B | ||
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=== Documentation === | === Documentation === | ||
* [https://help.dyalog.com/latest/#Language/Introduction/Functions.htm | * Dyalog: [https://help.dyalog.com/latest/#Language/Introduction/Functions.htm Functions], [https://help.dyalog.com/latest/#Language/Introduction/Operators.htm Operators] | ||
* APLX: [http://microapl.com/apl_help/ch_020_010_070.htm User-defined Functions], [http://microapl.com/apl_help/ch_020_010_090.htm User-defined Operators] | |||
* [http://microapl.com/apl_help/ch_020_010_070.htm | |||
=== References === | === References === |