Link - dyad ;

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The dyad ; (link) makes it easy to create a list of boxed nouns.

   2 3 4 ; 4 7 9
+-----+-----+
|2 3 4|4 7 9|
+-----+-----+
   'abc' ; 5 7 9
+---+-----+
|abc|5 7 9|
+---+-----+
   (2 3 $ 'abcdef') ; (i. 3 4) ; 23
+---+---------+--+
|abc|0 1  2  3|23|
|def|4 5  6  7|  |
|   |8 9 10 11|  |
+---+---------+--+


Look link up in the NuVoc. Note that its dyad rank is _ _ so it applies to its entire left and entire right argument. It always encloses its left argument, and its right argument is boxed only if it is not already a box. Boxing its right argument only if it is not already a box makes the following work:

   'abc' ; 'defg' ; 'hijkl'
+---+----+-----+
|abc|defg|hijkl|
+---+----+-----+


This is evaluated from right-to-left as:

   'abc' ; ('defg' ; 'hijkl')


So the right argument to the leftmost link is already boxed, and will not be boxed again. Boxed again? What would that look like?

   'abc' ; < 'defg' ; 'hijkl'
+---+------------+
|abc|+----+-----+|
|   ||defg|hijkl||
|   |+----+-----+|
+---+------------+


Boxes can be nested!

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