You're right - 'items' is the wrong word. Thanks. Henry Rich
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terrence Brannon > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 2:51 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Jgeneral] J for C - Verb Execution - thinking of > the frame andcells > > First an assertion of facts: > > (A) The items of an array have dimension one less than the array > itself. So for an array with shape m n p, the items will have > shape n p > > Now, my point of contention. > > RE: > http://www.jsoftware.com/help/jforc/loopless_code_i_verbs_have_r.htm > > We read: > > (B) Think of the operand as an array with shape f whose items > are cells > of rank r. > > The text then goes on to say: > > +: i. 2 2 > 0 2 > 4 6 > > (C) The steps to get this result are: > The verb rank is 0 and the noun rank is 2, so we will be applying > the verb to 0-cells. The frame f is 2 2 > > > So my problem is this: > If I think of the operand as an array with shape f. Then > per (B) I > would think of the operand as an array with shape 2 2 who items > have rank 0. But (A) implies the items of an array with shape 2 2 > will be rank-1 with shape 2. > > So my suggestion is: > Reword (B) to say: > Think of the operand as an array with shape f whose innermost > dimension contains cells of rank r. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
