-/ 1 + i.5 is 1 - (2 - (3 - (4 - 5))) = 3

Not (1 - 2 + 3 - 4 + 5)


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From: Christopher McIntosh [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 5:27 PM
To: J Software - Chat Forum
Subject: [Jchat] Question re: Insert adverb (/)

According to the Dictionary, u/ y "applies the dyad u between items of y"

Indeed, +/ 1 2 3 4 5 returns the expected result of 15, the sum of the first
five non-zero integers.

How do I use / to get the result _13 (which is 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5) when
applied to the list 1+i.5?

I thought that I would simply apply it to the - dyad.  But -/ 1 2 3 4 5
returns 3 (1 - 2 + 3 - 4 + 5), which is alternating between subtraction and
addition.
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