> As a sidenote, in an earlier thread:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg05416.html
> 
> I asked about converting numbers to a string. I thought I 
> would try out the 8 !:
> approach for fun: http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dx008.htm
> 
> but the page does not show how to convert strings to numbers.

I think Raul actually mentioned it as an aside it the thread you
reference.

   4+ ". '4929'
4933
   4+ 0&".'4929'
4933
   4+ 0&".'492a9'
4
   4+ 99&".'492a9'
103
   ]t=: '4';'3';'7a';'4.3';'-34'
+-+-+--+---+---+
|4|3|7a|4.3|-34|
+-+-+--+---+---+
   0&".@:>t
4 3 0 4.3 _34
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