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how to create temp variable inside $[]
if i use $[] for if how can i add temp variable there? my understanding is it is either condition or the return value. so how can i put the below logic into this? suppose i have only input x and the if else logic below.
$[x=`a;5; ?] if x = 'a' return 5 if x='b' y = x*x +5 if( y > 6 ) return 6 if(y>9) return 10
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You can do something like the following:
q)f:{[x] $[x~`a;5;x~`b;[y:6*6;$[y<6;6;y>9;10;y]];x]} q)f {[x] $[x~`a;5;x~`b;[y:6*6;$[y<6;6;y>9;10;y]];x]} q)f `a 5 q)f `b 10I would use a function (as above) or a lambda (anonymous function), that way your temp variable will only remain for the scope of the function i.e. in the example above, y does not exist in my global namespace after execution. You can read more about conditional scope here
You can see if x is b in the above we have square brackets [ ] which defines a contained block of code to run if the statement is true. See more here
Please find more on the extended if-else / switch statement here
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thanks a lot!
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