Code folding allows you to collapse a block of code – you can use it to focus on high-level structure without getting lost in the detail.
To enable code folding enable to option under the Script Editor section of Preferences, found under the File menu.
I use it with my user-defined functions to give me an overview of contents within an include file. Combined with appropriately placed comments this helps to summarise the contents of a library of functions. Here is an example:
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In my last post I introduced the idea of using the JSL script editor as a simple command line calculator; and prior to that I discussed how process capability indices (Cp,Cpk) are a convenient shorthand notation but suffer from lack of transparency. Today I will bring these two themes together by showing how I can use the JSL script editor to calculate defective parts per million (dppm) for a given set of capability indices Cp and Cpk.
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You don’t need to be a programmer to make productive use of the JSL script editor. The editor can be used by non-programmers as a simple command-line calculator that provides access to JMP’s library of mathematical and statistical functions.
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Insights in the use of JMP and the scripting language JSL