dly wrote: > to generalize, the number on the left should be a multiplier and on > the right an exponent of 2
I disagree -- the digit on the right is an exponent of the multiplier on the left when that digit is followed by a zero digit. 1b1 2b1 3b1 4b1 5b1 6b1 7b1 8b1 9b1 10b1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1b10 2b10 3b10 4b10 5b10 6b10 7b10 8b10 9b10 10b10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1b100 2b100 3b100 4b100 5b100 6b100 7b100 8b100 9b100 10b100 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100 Also note that letters after the b are numeric (they don't have any of the special significance that they might have if they did not appear after the b). 1ba 2ba 3ba 10 10 10 10bhello 10b1r2 10b1p1 10bbbbb 186334 372 351 12221 A few more experiments might illustrate this better. -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
