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&fail — failure
break — break out of loop
case of — select according to value
create — create co-expression
every do — generate every result
expr & expr — evaluate in conjunction
expr \ i — limit generator
expr1 | expr2 — evaluate alternatives
fail — fail from procedure
if then else — select according to outcome
link — reference ICON module
next — go to beginning of loop
not — invert failure
repeat — evaluate repeatedly
return — return from procedure
s ? expr — scan string
suspend do — suspend from procedure
until do — loop until result
v op:=x — augmented assignment
v:=:v — exchange values
v:=x — assign value
while do — loop while result
x!X — process argument list
x(x,…) — function call
x{x,…} — process argument list as co-expressions
|expr — evaluate repeatedly

Index of Function Types:
affects &pos
character sets
co-expressions
control structures
file processing
generators
infix operations
keywords
lists, sets and tables
math
metadata
output formatting
pattern matching
prefix operations
records
strings
windows and keyboards

Index of Subsystems:
base
digitcnt.icn
SNOBOL4 functions
 
process argument list
 
Description

x1 ! X : x2
If x1 is a function or procedure, x1 ! X produces the outcome of calling x1 with the arguments in the list or record X.

If x1 is an integer, x1 ! X produces X[x1] but fails if x1 is out of range of X.
 
Parameters
x1
function or integer
X
list or record
returns
function outcome or X[x1] or fail
 
Errors
106 x not procedure or integer
108 X is not list or record
 
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