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Nested Representation R←⎕NR Y

Y must be a simple character scalar or vector which represents the name of a function or a defined operator.

If Y is a name of a defined function or defined operator, R is a vector of text vectors. The first element of R contains the text of the function or operator header. Subsequent elements contain lines of the function or operator. Elements of R contain no unnecessary blanks, except for leading indentation of control structures and the blanks which precede comments.

If Y is the name of a variable, a locked function or operator, an external function or a namespace, or is undefined, R is an empty vector.

Example

      ∇R←MEAN X    ⍝ Average
[1]   R←(+/X)÷⍴X
      ∇

      +F←⎕NR'MEAN'
  R←MEAN X    ⍝Average   R←(+/X)÷⍴X

      ⍴F
2
      ]Display F
.→----------------------------------------.
| .→---------------------.  .→----------. |
| | R←MEAN X    ⍝ Average|  | R←(+/X)÷⍴X| |
| '----------------------'  '-----------' |
'∊----------------------------------------'

The definition of ⎕NR has been extended to names assigned to functions by specification (←), and to local names of functions used as operands to defined operators. In these cases, the result of ⎕NR is identical to that of ⎕CR except that the representation of defined functions and operators is as described above.

Example

      AVG←MEAN∘,

      +F←⎕NR'AVG'
   R←MEAN X    ⍝ Average   R←(+/X)÷⍴X  ∘,

      ⍴F
3
      ]Display F
.→------------------------------------------------.
| .→----------------------------------------.     |
| | .→---------------------.  .→----------. | ∘ , |
| | | R←MEAN X    ⍝ Average|  | R←(+/X)÷⍴X| | - - |
| | '----------------------'  '-----------' |     |
| '∊----------------------------------------'     |
'∊------------------------------------------------'
⎕NR NR