Search ('all' for everything):
Search results:
&pos — scanning position
&subject — subject of scanning
=s — match string in scanning
any — locate initial character
bal — locate balanced characters
find — find string
many — move scanning position
match — match initial string
move — move scanning position
pos — test scanning position
s ? expr — scan string
Span — span a set of characters
tab — set scanning position
upto — locate characters
v<–>v — exchange values reversibly
v<–x — assign value reversibly

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
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