# k code from q code
**URL:** https://forum.kx.com/t/k-code-from-q-code/10771
**Category:** Community Support
**Tags:** kdb-and-q
**Created:** [February 4, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/k-code-from-q-code/10771 "2016-02-04T17:24:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@User7](https://forum.kx.com/u/User7)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/k-code-from-q-code/10771/1 "2016-02-04T17:24:00Z")
Can we get k code from q codenfile which is lets say 100 lines big in an EASY way ?
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### Author:  [@effbiae](https://forum.kx.com/u/effbiae)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2016, 5:45am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/k-code-from-q-code/10771/2 "2016-02-06T05:45:00Z")
There may be an easy way to get k code from a q file. Some warnings:
til is ! in k:
q)til 3
0 1 2
k)!3
0 1 2
but q specializes ! with a type check (in q/q.k) :
q)til
k){$[0\>@x;!x;'`type]}
so the parse tree of “til 1”
q)0N!parse “til 1”;
(k){$[0\>@x;!x;'`type]};1)
which is going to make for a pretty messy ouput from a “q2k” converter.
further, q’s parse will not parse a file, only a string (containing no newlines), so you’re going to have problems parsing comments
i’m sure if there were a q2k program, someone would have got back to us.
best,
jack.
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### Author:  [@effbiae](https://forum.kx.com/u/effbiae)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/k-code-from-q-code/10771/3 "2016-02-07T01:23:00Z")
i just fixed the minor typo and it’s even smart enough to translate til to !
bravo