It IS a property of J. In your example, both frames are empty. There is no frame that is longer than the other, so there's nothing to repeat.
It's like 'abc' , 'defg' The rank of , is infinite, so there is no frame. You have to go to the definition of , to see what it does with its operands. Henry Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terrence Brannon > Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 5:38 PM > To: General forum > Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] long-frame rationing when the shapes > are not equal > > Well in that case, Henry, "J for C" needs to state that long-frame > rationing is not a property of J, but of particular verbs of j... I > had put it in my dyad processing worksheet as an always, when it is > not. > > The whole dyad section of "J for C" had me thinking it was a > property of J. > > For example, take: > http://www.jsoftware.com/help/jforc/loopless_code_i_verbs_have > _r.htm#_Toc141157994 > > but also the case here: > 'abc' ,"_ 0 'defg' > > > > On 4/22/07, Henry Rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You have it right: there's only 1 cell for each operand, so > > they're paired. Now you have to consult the Dictionary so > > see what the -. verb will do with its operands. You see > > that it removes items of x that appear in y. So it removes > > the 2 and the 4s. > > > > Henry Rich > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Terrence Brannon > > > Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 5:19 PM > > > To: General forum > > > Subject: [Jgeneral] long-frame rationing when the shapes > are not equal > > > > > > "long-frame rationing" is my term for what happens when > the noun with > > > the larger frame has to broken up into n-cells to pair up with the > > > noun with the smaller frame. > > > > > > It is demonstrated here: > > > http://www.jsoftware.com/help/jforc/loopless_code_i_verbs_have > > > _r.htm#_Toc141157994 > > > > > > For the example: > > > 100 200 + i. 2 3 > > > > > > we see long-frame rationing occur when Henry says <QUOTE>The > > > longer-frame operand (the right one) is broken up into operand > > > 0-cells, each being paired with a copy of the > shorter-frame operand > > > cell. Each paired _1-cell becomes a row of paired operand > > > cells:</QUOTE> > > > > > > so in my solution of 1 2 3 4 5 4 3 -. 2 4 > > > I am at the long-frame rationing step where the frames > are the same > > > length, but I cannot pair them 1 for 1 because their shape is > > > different: > > > > > > > > > > > > Write out the entire expression: 1 2 3 4 5 4 3 -. 2 4 > > > Expand the verb rank(*1): -. b. 0 > > > 0 _ _ > > > > > > > > > Rank Calculation: > > > ---------------- > > > left-noun-rank: 1 right-noun-rank: 1 > > > left-verb-rank: _ right-verb-rank: _ > > > lesser left rank, lr = 1 lesser right rank, rr = 1 > > > > > > The verb will be applied to 1-cells of the left operand > > > and to 1-cells of the right operand. > > > > > > left-noun-shape: 7 right-noun-shape: 2 > > > > > > Frame Calulation(*2): > > > -------------------- > > > left-frame: lf = empty > right-frame: rf = empty > > > > > > common frame: cf = empty > > > length of this common frame: rcf = 0 > > > -rcf = (_0) > > > > > > Operand Pairing: > > > --------------- > > > 1. Pair by common frame consisting of (-rcf)-cells: > > > > > > [1 2 3 4 5 4 3][2 4] > > > > > > 2. Pair by long-frame rationing. If the frames are the > same length, > > > then you simply pair them 1 by 1. > > > > > > *** HELP NEEDED HERE *** > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see > > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
