Sherlock, Ric wrote: > I was looking for a phrase that would make an atom (rank 0) into a > 1-item list, but leaves anything else "as is". ... > and so I came up with this which seems to do the job. > listatom=: ,^:(#@:$ = 0:) RH> la1=: ,^:(0=#@$) RM> la2=:,0&# CB> la3=:1&# Thanks I knew there must be simpler ways!!