I like the idea of dyad -. but to me a more readable
(or, conversely, expressive) would be

   (-. [:,*/~)@(2+i.)

Relation of -. adics

   1 2 3 4 -. 2 4 6
1 3
   1 2 3 4 ([ #~ [EMAIL PROTECTED]) 2 4 6
1 3



--- Henry Rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> -.~/@(|. */ >:)@:>:@:i.
> 
> Henry Rich 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Randall
> > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 5:44 PM
> > To: General forum
> > Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] How readable is J?
> > 
> > > Dan Bron wrote:
> > >      (#~ ] -.@:e. [: , */~)@:(2 + i.)
> > 
> > If the goal were readability, I would write
> > 
> > (#~ (-.@:e. ,@:(*/~)))@:(2 + i.)
> > 
> > This consistently uses f@:g rather than mixing in [: f g, and clearly
> > displays two hooks, one of which (#~ f) is a standard idiom.  I am
> > also not clear on the merits of ] f g .



      
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