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— Left argument

is the current dfn’s left argument.

10{⍺-⍵}3           ⍝ 7

⍺←expression supplies a lazy default, evaluated only on monadic calls.

{⍺←2 ⋄ ⍺×⍵}3       ⍝ 6
4{⍺←2 ⋄ ⍺×⍵}3      ⍝ 12