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diff --git a/docs/doc/arrayrepr.html b/docs/doc/arrayrepr.html index 159bb8f7..5218009e 100644 --- a/docs/doc/arrayrepr.html +++ b/docs/doc/arrayrepr.html @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ <p><em>The tutorial section <a href="../tutorial/list.html#list-notation">here</a> also covers this topic.</em></p> <p>Now it's time to discuss ways to write arrays in a BQN program. There are three kinds literal notation for lists: strings, list notation, and stranding. Strings indicate character lists (with space for the <a href="fill.html">fill</a>) and the other two can combine any sequence of elements. Additionally, there's a square bracket notation that can form higher-rank arrays.</p> <h3 id="strings"><a class="header" href="#strings">Strings</a></h3> -<p>A <strong>string</strong> consists of a sequence of characters surrounded by double quotes <code><span class='String'>""</span></code>. The only rule for the characters inside is that any double quote must be escaped by repeating it twice; otherwise the string ends at that point.</p> +<p>A <a href="token.html#characters-and-strings"><strong>string</strong> literal</a> consists of a sequence of characters surrounded by double quotes <code><span class='String'>""</span></code>. The only rule for the characters inside is that any double quote must be escaped by repeating it twice; otherwise the string ends at that point.</p> <a class="replLink" title="Open in the REPL" target="_blank" href="https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/try.html#code=Ii0nw5clIiIqIgoKIi0nw5clIioiICAjIEVzY2FwaW5nIGZhaWx1cmU=">↗️</a><pre> <span class='String'>"-'×%""*"</span> "-'×%""*" @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ </pre> <p>Even special characters like a newline can appear in a string literal, so that string literals are automatically multi-line.</p> <h3 id="brackets"><a class="header" href="#brackets">Brackets</a></h3> -<p><strong>List notation</strong> uses angle brackets <code><span class='Bracket'>⟨⟩</span></code>. The contents are structurally identical to those of a <a href="block.html">block</a>, that is, a list of expressions <a href="syntax.html#separators">separated</a> by <code><span class='Separator'>,</span></code> or <code><span class='Separator'>⋄</span></code> or newlines. Unlike a block, a list doesn't need to have any expressions: <code><span class='Bracket'>⟨⟩</span></code> or <code><span class='Bracket'>⟨</span><span class='Separator'>⋄</span><span class='Bracket'>⟩</span></code> or <code><span class='Bracket'>⟨</span><span class='Separator'>,,⋄,</span><span class='Bracket'>⟩</span></code> will create an empty list. Other differences are that a list doesn't introduce a new <a href="lexical.html">scope</a> and all of the expressions have to result in a value, not <a href="expression.html#nothing">Nothing</a> (<code><span class='Nothing'>·</span></code>).</p> +<p><strong>List notation</strong> uses angle brackets <code><span class='Bracket'>⟨⟩</span></code>. The contents are structurally identical to those of a <a href="block.html">block</a>, that is, a list of expressions <a href="token.html#separators">separated</a> by <code><span class='Separator'>,</span></code> or <code><span class='Separator'>⋄</span></code> or newlines. Unlike a block, a list doesn't need to have any expressions: <code><span class='Bracket'>⟨⟩</span></code> or <code><span class='Bracket'>⟨</span><span class='Separator'>⋄</span><span class='Bracket'>⟩</span></code> or <code><span class='Bracket'>⟨</span><span class='Separator'>,,⋄,</span><span class='Bracket'>⟩</span></code> will create an empty list. Other differences are that a list doesn't introduce a new <a href="lexical.html">scope</a> and all of the expressions have to result in a value, not <a href="expression.html#nothing">Nothing</a> (<code><span class='Nothing'>·</span></code>).</p> <p>Entries in a list are evaluated in source order, and the value will be the list of those results. The list has a subject <a href="expression.html#syntactic-role">role</a>, even if it contains expressions with other roles. Any value can be an element.</p> <a class="replLink" title="Open in the REPL" target="_blank" href="https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/try.html#code=4p+oQCwg4o2Jy5gsIOKJjSJhYmMi4p+p">↗️</a><pre> <span class='Bracket'>⟨</span><span class='String'>@</span><span class='Separator'>,</span> <span class='Function'>⍉</span><span class='Modifier'>˘</span><span class='Separator'>,</span> <span class='Function'>≍</span><span class='String'>"abc"</span><span class='Bracket'>⟩</span> ┌─ |