urbit/base/pub/doc/hoon/runes/dt/dtzz.md
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[dotzaz, %dtzz](#dtzz)
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Cube
`dotzaz` is a natural hoon that produces a cubed noun constant of value
`q` and odor `p`, if `q` is an atom. A cube is an atom whose type
contains only itself.
See also
--------
[`cube`]()
Produces
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Twig: `[%dtzz p=term q=*]`
Sample
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`p` is a [`++term`](). `q` is an [noun]().
Tall form
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None
Wide form
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None
Irregular form
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None
Examples
--------
~zod/try=> (ream '%12')
[%dtzz p=%ud q=12]
~zod/try=> (ream '%&')
[%dtzz p=%f q=0]
~zod/try=> (ream '%sam')
[%dtzz p=%tas q=7.168.371]
Here we use [`++ream`]() to unpack how values are parsed. Prefixing a
value with a `%` implicitly turns it into a `%cube` with the following
value: an odored noun.