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!x — generate values
&allocated — cumulative allocation
&collections — garbage collections
&features — implementation features
&regions — storage regions
&storage — storage utilization
?x — generate random value
bal — locate balanced characters
every do — generate every result
expr \ i — limit generator
expr1 | expr2 — evaluate alternatives
find — find string
function — generate function names
i to i by i — generate integers in sequence
key — generate keys from table
seq — generate sequence of integers
suspend do — suspend from procedure
upto — locate characters
v<–>v — exchange values reversibly
v<–x — assign value reversibly
|expr — evaluate repeatedly

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SNOBOL4 functions
args
 
get number of procedure arguments
 
Description

i args(p)
args(p) produces the number of arguments for procedure p. For procedures with a variable number of arguments, the value returned is the negative of the number of formal parameters.
 
Parameters
p
an Icon procedure name
returns
number of arguments p takes
 
Errors
106 p is not a procedure
 
See Also
  • proc — convert to procedure