dly wrote:
> my e-mail examples passed John's earlier reply like a ship in the night
>
> Some things I will understand once I try them out
>
> As I mention, I know i can apply my own rules, if in fact there are
> no existing primitives to format, any way i like
>
> I know I have to figure out if my own algorithms produce accurate
> results
>
> my only questions asked and unanswered (but could be quicker to look
> up since I discovered J for APL programmers)
> is to display the equivalent of []CT (comparison tolerance)
>

9!:18

> and
>
> how would i know, short of acquiring a I/O logical analyzer how many
> digits are significant in a function i cannot examine?
>

As I mentioned in an early post, you can assume that J library functions
return correct values.  As soon as you manipulate them in any way, it is
your algorithm.  My prior example showed how even + can be ill-behaved. 
An I/O logical analyzer is not going to help: it's a numerical analysis
question.

Best wishes,

John

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