Field Lists

Fields (i.e. objects beginning with a period (.) like .acctno) help the programmer make his Glee code more readable. Field lists bring the additional capability of collecting fields into lists allowing the programmer to accomplish goals with less code and thus more readability. Press Commentaryfor more commentary on Glee field lists.

Commentary Code Result
Commentary #ns => @;
'<1> ' (.a %** )$;
'<2> ' (.a.b %** )$;
'<3> ' ((.a.b),.c %** )$;
'<4> ' (.a,(.b.c) )$;
'<5> ' ((.a.b),(.c.d) )$;
'<6> ' (.a.b.c.d )$;		 <1> Field[R1C1.C].a
<2> FL[R1C2T.K]
[1]Field[R1C1.C].a
[2]Field[R2C1.C].b
<3> FL[R1C3T.K]
[1]Field[R1C1.C].a
[2]Field[R1C1.C].b
[3]Field[R2C1.C].c
<4> .a.b.c
<5> .a.b.c.d
<6> .a.b.c.d
Commentary #ns => @;
'<1> ' (.a, ) $;
'<2> ' (.a.b, ,, ) $;
'<3> ' ((.a.b),.c, ,,'; ' ) $;
'<4> ' (.a,(.b.c), ) $;
'<5> ' ( (.a.b),(.c.d), %** ) $;		 <1> .a
<2> .a .b
<3> .a; .b; .c
<4> .a.b.c
<5> Seq[R1C4T.K]
[1]Field[R1C1.C].a
[2]Field[R1C1.C].b
[3]Field[R2C1.C].c
[4]Field[R2C1.C].d