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A '''primitive''' is a built-in [[function]] or [[operator]] which is a core part of the language. It is represented by a [[glyph]], which it may share with another primitive. Special syntax like [[Assignment]] (<source lang=apl inline>←</source>) and [[Branch]] (<source lang=apl inline>→</source>) can also be considered primitives, though they do not abide by APL's regular [[syntax]]. Similarly, special constants like [[Zilde]] (<source lang=apl inline>⍬</source>) and [[Dyalog APL]]'s Root [[namespace]] (<source lang=apl inline>#</source>) are sometimes called primitives.
A '''primitive''' is a built-in [[function]] or [[operator]] which is a core part of the language. It is represented by a [[glyph]], which it may share with another primitive. Special syntax like [[Assignment]] (<syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>←</syntaxhighlight>) and [[Branch]] (<syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>→</syntaxhighlight>) can also be considered primitives, though they do not abide by APL's regular [[syntax]]. Similarly, special constants like [[Zilde]] (<syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>⍬</syntaxhighlight>) and [[Dyalog APL]]'s Root [[namespace]] (<syntaxhighlight lang=apl inline>#</syntaxhighlight>) are sometimes called primitives.


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[Primitive operator]]
* [[Primitive operator]]


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Latest revision as of 21:51, 10 September 2022

A primitive is a built-in function or operator which is a core part of the language. It is represented by a glyph, which it may share with another primitive. Special syntax like Assignment (←) and Branch (→) can also be considered primitives, though they do not abide by APL's regular syntax. Similarly, special constants like Zilde (⍬) and Dyalog APL's Root namespace (#) are sometimes called primitives.

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APL built-ins [edit]
Primitives (Timeline) Functions
Scalar
Monadic Conjugate ∙ Negate ∙ Signum ∙ Reciprocal ∙ Magnitude ∙ Exponential ∙ Natural Logarithm ∙ Floor ∙ Ceiling ∙ Factorial ∙ Not ∙ Pi Times ∙ Roll ∙ Type ∙ Imaginary ∙ Square Root
Dyadic Add ∙ Subtract ∙ Times ∙ Divide ∙ Residue ∙ Power ∙ Logarithm ∙ Minimum ∙ Maximum ∙ Binomial ∙ Comparison functions ∙ Boolean functions (And, Or, Nand, Nor) ∙ GCD ∙ LCM ∙ Circular ∙ Complex ∙ Root
Non-Scalar
Structural Shape ∙ Reshape ∙ Tally ∙ Depth ∙ Ravel ∙ Enlist ∙ Table ∙ Catenate ∙ Reverse ∙ Rotate ∙ Transpose ∙ Raze ∙ Mix ∙ Split ∙ Enclose ∙ Nest ∙ Cut (K) ∙ Pair ∙ Link ∙ Partitioned Enclose ∙ Partition
Selection First ∙ Pick ∙ Take ∙ Drop ∙ Unique ∙ Identity ∙ Stop ∙ Select ∙ Replicate ∙ Expand ∙ Set functions (Intersection ∙ Union ∙ Without) ∙ Bracket indexing ∙ Index ∙ Cartesian Product ∙ Sort
Selector Index generator ∙ Grade ∙ Index Of ∙ Interval Index ∙ Indices ∙ Deal ∙ Prefix and suffix vectors
Computational Match ∙ Not Match ∙ Membership ∙ Find ∙ Nub Sieve ∙ Encode ∙ Decode ∙ Matrix Inverse ∙ Matrix Divide ∙ Format ∙ Execute ∙ Materialise ∙ Range
Operators Monadic Each ∙ Commute ∙ Constant ∙ Replicate ∙ Expand ∙ Reduce ∙ Windowed Reduce ∙ Scan ∙ Outer Product ∙ Key ∙ I-Beam ∙ Spawn ∙ Function axis
Dyadic Bind ∙ Compositions (Compose, Reverse Compose, Beside, Withe, Atop, Over) ∙ Inner Product ∙ Determinant ∙ Power ∙ At ∙ Under ∙ Rank ∙ Depth ∙ Variant ∙ Stencil ∙ Cut ∙ Direct definition (operator)
Quad names Index origin ∙ Comparison tolerance ∙ Migration level ∙ Atomic vector
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