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| Tutorial | Intro Screencast K 99: Ninety Nine K Problems Tutorial Verbs-Classification |
| Project Euler Code Golf: | Project Euler Code Golf |
| Project Coding Guidelines: | Coding Guidelines |
| List of idioms: | Idioms |
| Dictionaries: | Dictionaries |
| Strings: | Strings |
| Data and Execution: | Data and Execution |
| Primitive Operations | Primitive Operations |
| C Reference | C Reference |
| Examples | Examples |
| Memory Management | Memory Management |
| Amend | Amend |
| Random Lines of K | gist |
| Replicating SQL functionality | Replicating SQL functionality |
| shared library | shared library |
| more Memory management | newK, unpool, repool, kap |
| csv loading | csv loading and dictionary |
hakank’s K/Kona Page
Whitney on K
No Stinking Loops
Remarks on Style
K by example
K as a Prototyping Language
K on Rosetta Code
Kx Corporate Website
Kx K Examples
Gordon Baker’s Q site
Milan Ondrus’s KDB+ site
Introduction to K
kdbfaq blog
K 2.0 Reference Card [PDF]
FinnAPL Idioms
kdb faq on thalesians
Q for Mortals Book on Amazon
K 2.0 User Manual
K 2.0 Reference Manual
K 2.0 C-K Interface Manual
A+
J
kOS
Introduction to K
MapReduce in K
LinkedIn Group: [Kx] Technology Network [Jobs]
LinkedIn Group: KDB+/Q User Group
LinkedIn Group: Kx/KDB+ Networking Forum [Jobs]
Kx’s KDB+ Personal Developers Google Group
| Command | What It Does |
|---|---|
| \ | Shows ‘Help’ |
| .` | Shows the full K-Tree |
| Verb | Monadic | Dyadic | Triadic | Tetradic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | flip | plus | ||
| – | negate | minus | ||
| * | first | times | ||
| % | reciprocal | divide | ||
| | | reverse | max_or | ||
| & | where | min_and | ||
| ^ | shape | power | ||
| ! | enumerate | rotate_mod | ||
| < | grade up | less_than | ||
| > | grade down | greater_than | ||
| = | group | equals | ||
| ~ | not/attribute | match | ||
| @ | atom | at index | amend/trap | amend |
| ? | range | function inverse/find | invert-guess | |
| _ | floor (tolerant) | drop_cut | ||
| , | enlist | join | ||
| # | count | take_reshape | ||
| $ | format | dollar | ||
| . | dot/monadic/make/unmake | dot index | amend/trap | amend |
| : | colon/monadic | colon/dyadic |
| Adverb | Definition |
|---|---|
| / | over |
| \ | scan |
| ’ | each |
| /: | each right |
| \: | each left |
| ’: | eachpair |
| Verb | Monadic | Dyadic |
|---|---|---|
| 0: | read text file. | write text file |
| read from stdin until EOF (empty symbol). | write to stdout if first param is an empty symbol ( `0:stuff_to_print ) | |
| 1: | read binary file (mmapped) | write binary file |
| 2: | read binary file (copied to memory) | dll function call |
| 3: | open handle/close handle | asynchronous send |
| 4: | type of data | synchronous send |
| 5: | printed representation | append to binary file |
| 6: | read raw byte string | write raw byte string |
| Name | Use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| : | :[\(cond_1;ret_1;cond_2;ret_2;\ldots;cond_n;ret_n;ret_{else}\)] | not_x: :[0=x;1;0] |
| if | if[\(cond;exp_1;exp_2;\ldots;exp_n\) ] | if[n!2; n:1+3*n; `0:"n was odd\n"] |
| while | while[\(cond; exp_1; exp_2;\ldots;exp_n \) ] | while[~a!2; a %: 2; `0:"dividing\n"] |
| do | do[\(n;exp_1;exp_2;\ldots;exp_m\)] | do[4; `0:"******\n"] |
| Command | Definition |
|---|---|
| \ | show help |
| \p [n] | [set] print precision |
| \r [seed] | [set] random seed |
| \+ | print operator reference |
| \l [script] | load k script |
| \s [script] | step k script |
| \t [code] | time execution (in ms) |
All reserved words start with a leading underscore(_)
| Name | Definition |
|---|---|
| _T | [current UTC Julian day count]+[fraction complete] (K epoch is 2035-01-01T00:00:00) |
| _a | program argument vector (argv) |
| _d | K-Tree path / current working dictionary |
| _f | anonymous reference to current function |
| _h | host name |
| _i | |
| _k | |
| _m | |
| _n | nil |
| _p | |
| _s | |
| _t | current UTC time (int) (K epoch is 2035-01-01T00:00:00) |
| _u | |
| _v | |
| _w |
| Name | Definition |
|---|---|
| _acos | inverse cosine |
| _asin | inverse sine |
| _atan | inverse tangent |
| _ceil | ceiling (intolerant) |
| _ceiling | ceiling (tolerant) |
| _cos | cosine |
| _cosh | hyperbolic cosine |
| _exp | exponential |
| _floor | largest previous integer (intolerant) |
| _log | natural logarithm |
| _sin | sine |
| _sinh | hyperbolic sine |
| _sqr | square |
| _sqrt | square root |
| _tan | tangent |
| _tanh | hyperbolic tangent |
| _abs | absolute value |
| _bd | convert to binary representation |
| _ci | char-of-int (octal if unprintable char) |
| _db | construct from binary representation |
| _dj | date from Julian day count |
| _exit | exit with status x |
| _getenv | get an environment variable |
| _gtime | in UTC, ints: YYYMMDD,HHMMSS (_gtime _t) |
| _host | host name IP address (int) |
| _ic | int-of-char |
| _inv | inverse of a matrix |
| _jd | Julian day count from date _jd 20110315 |
| _lt | convert output of _t to local time |
| _ltime | localized version of _gtime |
| _size | size of file (bytes) |
| Name | Definition |
|---|---|
| _bin | index of element using binary search |
| _binl | search for several elements |
| _di | delete element at index |
| _dot | dot product |
| _draw | draw x random numbers from 0 to y-1, negative y indicates without replacement |
| _dv | delete value |
| _dvl | delete several values |
| _in | true if x is in y |
| _lin | _in for several values |
| _lsq | matrix division |
| _mul | matrix multiplication |
| _setenv | set environment variable |
| _sm | string match |
| _ss | positions of substring y in string x |
| _sv | scalar from vector with base change |
| _vs | vector from scalar with base change |
| Name | Definition |
|---|---|
| _ssr | string search & replace |
| Name | Definition |
|---|---|
| -h (int) | open an HTTP port |
| -i (int) | open an IPC port |
| -e (string) | execute a string |
| -x (string) | execute a string and print |
| [file] | execute a script (as in ./k script.k, extension optional) |