Enlist

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For the K and BQN function that creates a one-element list containing its argument, see Pair.

Enlist () is a primitive function which returns a simple vector of all simple scalar values in a possibly nested array. Enlist differs from Ravel in that Enlist flattens over all layers of nesting, while Ravel flattens only the outermost layer. Enlist shares its glyph with the dyadic function Membership.

Support

APL2 IUP had mean Type[1] and Dyalog APL originally did too. However, by the time IBM released APL2, (which stood for e in prototypical element) was repurposed for Enlist ( being for e in enlist). Thus, Dyalog left the Type meaning in place only when migration level is 0, while setting it to 1 (the default) or higher follows IBM's replacement meaning.

Examples

Enlist is equivalent to a depth-first search collecting all simple scalars, where each layer (which in turn can be of any rank) is traversed in ravel order.

      ⎕←MAT←2 2⍴'MISS' 'IS' 'SIP' 'PI'
┌────┬──┐
│MISS│IS│
├────┼──┤
│SIP │PI│
└────┴──┘
      ∊MAT
MISSISSIPPI

      ⎕←M←1 (2 2⍴2 3 4 5) (6(7 8))
┌─┬───┬───────┐
│1│2 3│┌─┬───┐│
│ │4 5││6│7 8││
│ │   │└─┴───┘│
└─┴───┴───────┘
      ∊M
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Enlist acts like Ravel for simple arrays. This includes simple scalars, where the result is a singleton vector.

      ⎕←mat←4 4⍴⍳16
 1  2  3  4
 5  6  7  8
 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16
      (,mat)≡∊mat
1

      ∊3
3
      3 ≡ ∊3                  ⍝ Not the same
0
      ⍴∊3                     ⍝ It's now a vector
1

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