Comments

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Character data and strings

"q"
"\""
"\\"
"\142"
"foo bar baz"

Symbols

`
`q
`zaphod
`:198.162.0.2:5042
`:www.yourco.com:5042
`.new

Numbers

42
b:-123h
c:1234567890j
pi:3.14159265
float1:1f
r:1.4142e
2.0
4.00e
f:1.23456789e-10
r:1.2345678e-10e
bit:0b
byte:0x2a
a:42
bit:1b

0w 0n 0W 0Wh 0Wj

Dates

d:2006.07.04
t:09:04:59.000
dt:2006.07.04T09:04:59.000
mon:2006.07m
mm:09:04
sec:09:04:59
d:2006.07.04

0Nm 0Nd 0Nz 0Nu 0Nv 0Wd 0Wt 0Wz

Verbs

99+L
x<42|x>98
(x<42)|x>98
42~(4 2;(1 0))
(4 2)~(4; 2*1)

Adverbs

" ," ,/: ("Now";"is";"the";"time")
L1,/:\:L2
0+/10 20 30
(1#) each 1001 1002 1004 1003

Built-in functions and q-sql

string 42
L1 cross L2
type c
select from t where price=(max;price) fby ([]sym;ex)
ungroup `p xgroup sp
`instrument insert (`g; `$"Google"; `$"Internet")

Example

/ Example from http://code.kx.com/wiki/Cookbook/CorporateActions
getCAs:{[caTypes]
    / handles multiplie corporate actions on one date
    t:0!select factor:prd factor by date-1,sym from ca where caType in caTypes;
    t,:update date:1901.01.01,factor:1.0 from ([]sym:distinct t`sym);
    t:`date xasc t;
    t:update factor:reverse prds reverse 1 rotate factor by sym from t;
    :update `g#sym from 0!t;
  };

adjust:{[t;caTypes]
    t:0!t;
    factors:enlist 1.0^aj[`sym`date;([] date:t`date;sym:t`sym);getCAs caTypes]`factor;
    mc:c where (lower c:cols t) like "*price"; / find columns to multiply
    dc:c where lower[c] like "*size"; / find columns to divide
    :![t;();0b;(mc,dc)!((*),/:mc,\:factors),((%),/:dc,\:factors)]; / multiply or divide out the columns
  };

/ get the adjustment factors considering all corporate actions
getCAs exec distinct caType from ca

adjust[t;`dividend] / adjust trades for dividends only

Known failures

There are certain edge cases where Prism will fail. There are always such cases in every regex-based syntax highlighter. However, Prism dares to be open and honest about them. If a failure is listed here, it doesn’t mean it will never be fixed. This is more of a “known bugs” list, just with a certain type of bug.

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