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A nested array is a kind of [[pointer array]] and is almost always stored using pointers.
A nested array is a kind of [[pointer array]] and is almost always stored using pointers.
{{APL programming language}}
 
The result of [[Enclose]] on an array other than a [[simple scalar]] is always a nested array. The [[Dyalog APL]] primitive [[Nest]] (<source lang=apl inline>⊆</source>), which encloses a [[simple]] argument, is named for this property: it applies the smallest transformation to turn the argument (unless it is a simple scalar) into a nested array.
 
== See also ==
 
* [[NARS]], the first commercial nested APL implementation.
 
{{APL features}}[[Category:Kinds of array]][[Category:Nested array model]]

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