Sorry just noticed that this is in the beta forum. Questions like this
would be better asked and answered in the programming forum.

On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Ric Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote:
> Explicit definitions like fizzy require you to refer to the arguments
> explicitly. The right argument is assigned to "y" locally within the
> verb (right argument is assigned to "x")
>
> fizzy =: 3 : 0
>   if. div35 y do.
>       'FizzBuzz'
>   elseif. div3 y do.
>       'Fizz'
>   elseif. div5 y do.
>       'Buzz'
>   elseif. 1 do.
>       > 'd' (8!:0) y
>   end.
> )
>
> On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Andrew Pennebaker
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> To get a feel for J, I'm implementing FizzBuzz, but I keep getting a control
>> error.
>>
>> #!/usr/bin/env jconsole
>>
>> div3 =: 0 = 3 & |
>>
>> div5 =: 0 = 5 & |
>>
>> div35 =: div3 *. div5
>>
>> fizzy =: 3 : 0
>>    if. div35 & do.
>>        'FizzBuzz'
>>    elseif. div3 & do.
>>        'Fizz'
>>    elseif. div5 & do.
>>        'Buzz'
>>    elseif. 1 do.
>>        > 'd' (8!:0) &
>>    end.
>> )
>>
>> fizzy 1
>>
>> exit ''
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Andrew Pennebaker
>> www.yellosoft.us
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Tom Arneson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Try
>>>
>>> mod3=: 3&|
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
>>> Behalf Of Andrew Pennebaker
>>> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 12:54
>>> To: J
>>> Subject: [Jbeta] syntax for functions and modulo
>>>
>>> I'm trying to make a function mod3 that returns the input modulo three, but
>>> my syntax is wrong. I don't see why the syntax would be any different from
>>> the double example in the docs.
>>>
>>> $ jconsole
>>>   double =: * & 2
>>>   double 1
>>> 2
>>>   double 2
>>> 4
>>>   double 3
>>> 6
>>>   mod3 =: 3 | &
>>> |syntax error
>>> |   mod3=:    3|&
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Andrew Pennebaker
>>> www.yellosoft.us
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