--- Henry Rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The 'list whose shape is the frame'... list of > > > what?
A list always a 1-element frame (i.e. shape with one element, for arrays of positive rank). In i.4 5 6 the 1-cell frame 4 5 is not a list, it's a table of 1-cells. > > a frame is a list which is a sublist of the shape of the noun. So for > > the noun i. 4 5 6 > > the sublists are: > > empty > > 4 > > 4 5 > > 4 5 6 > > > > all of which could be the frame. > > > > but the frame is just a shape. But what is it the shape of? There is > > no word for the data structure that the frame is the shape of. > > If I wanted a way to talk about this, I would > use 'the k-frame of the operand', as in '(,4) is the > 2-frame of i. 4 5 6'. k-frame (or k-cell frame) is still a _shape prefix_: yes it's (,4) for rank 2 cells. But the queston is how to call the _array_ of cells, not it's shape. I called it "frame array". > I don't think 'k-frame' is used currently, so this idea > would be harmless. It might be handy way to describe the > conditions for agreement in dyadic verbs. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peek at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
