Donna L.Y. wrote: > Can you give me an example of an adverb? J's dictionary contains a number of examples.
http://www.jsoftware.com/books/help/dictionary/partsofspeech.htm Also, the result of (1 :string) is an adverb. > Can alll adverbs be made into operators since you say that > relations can be made into functions and operators are > functions of functions. Here's an example of an adverb which I consider to be "not a function of functions": notOp=: 1 :'?9' + notOp 7 + notOp 4 Since you can get different results from the same argument, it's not a function. Thus, by the definition you stated here (functions of functions), this adverb is not an operator. At the very least, we can say that in the context of notOp, the result of notOp is not a function of it's explicit argument -- regardless of whether or not that argument is a function. This answer presumes, of course, that you meant to use the mathematical meaning of the word "function". If that's not what you intended to ask about, then I don't understand your question. > I am trying to improve my understanding of J and my ability > to discuss J Ok: Probably the most useful technique, there, would be focusing on specific examples. Most of the recent threads have gotten bogged down in clarifications of issues which should never have been left ambiguous. When you ask an abstract question without any concrete examples illustrating the key points, this can easily turn into a sequence of a dozen or more messages (over the course of several days) to resolve an issue which probably should only have taken two messages to resolve. (It also helps to care about the issues you're asking about enough to make searching out good specific illustrations be worthwhile for you to spend your time on.) -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
