On 10/7/06, Dan Bron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't know what you mean, but filtering and selection can be accomplished in many ways in J.
"Functional programming" has become associated with a standard set of operations: map, fold, filter, etc. "Filter" means "apply a boolean function to each element of a list and only keep the values which return true." Your explanation of # is exactly what was needed. It seems people are looking for a verb named "filter" and not finding one. Similarly, "fold" is / in J. James ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
