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s>>=s — lexically greater than or equal
s>>s — lexically greater than
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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