< quote href=http://www.jsoftware.com/help/jforc/starting_to_write_in_j.htm > You give the verb the rank of the cells it operates on, and then you don't care about the shape of the operand, because J's implicit looping will apply the verb to all the cells, no matter how many there are. < / quote >
Somehow, I did not capture this as an understanding from the previous section. The verb rank is compared to the noun rank(s) to determine what r-cell will be used. Then the r-cell dictates what frame will be chosen to make lists of r-cells. Some examples supporting this statement would be appreciated. < quote href=http://www.jsoftware.com/help/jforc/starting_to_write_in_j.htm > A pleasant side effect of this way of coding is that the verbs you write can be applied to operands of any shape: write a verb to calculate the current value of a loan, and you can use that very verb to calculate the current value of all loans at a branch, or at all branches in the city, or all over the state. < / quote > I'm sure that some later examples will show this fantastic scalability, so I won't ask for any now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
