As I suspected, my construction was clumsy. Thank
you, Paul, for clarifying things.
As for why I used i. the answer is that I made a
beginner's mistake. I had cast about for the right
verb, and instead of the simple, perfect fit (=) I
tried i. (It seemed topically associated.) I could
tell that the result I got was backwards of what I
expected the right primary to return. Why didn't the
obvious verb come to mind, instead? Perhaps because I
have not yet spent enough hours coding APL/J to have
the natural things flow naturally.
T
Paul Gauthier wrote:
>
> ,4 $. $. loc = y {This works for a scalar y}
> ($loc)#:I.,loc = y {This is probably faster
> for a scalar y}
>
> Not sure why you use i. ?
>
> Paul Gauthier
APL Software Developer - Senior
pgauthier at checkfree.com
Phone: 312-739-3467
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