schemelab wrote:
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> From what I know, J verbs all have positive rank, in other words, none of
> them are able to take a noun item-by-item as a function of the noun rank.
>
> Of course, a verb with rank-1 will process a rank-2 noun item by item. But
> that same verb will process rank-3 noun list by list, not item by item.
>
> So, unless a verb's rank is _1 (I dont think that is possible), then no J
> primitive handles nouns item by item.
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Well, I read little further and a section on "Negative Verb Rank" -
http://www.jsoftware.com/help/jforc/loopless_code_i_verbs_have_r.htm#_Toc141157991
so I guess it is possible to operate on noun by their items, regardless of
rank. Neat.
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