3!:3]99j1
e1000000
10000000
01000000
00000000
00000000
00c05840
00000000
0000f03f

J still treats a complex number as a zero rank array.

   3!:3]99r2
e1000000
80000000
01000000
00000000
18000000
30000000
e1000000
04000000
01000000
01000000
01000000
63000000
e1000000
04000000
01000000
01000000
01000000
02000000

Same for rationals.

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Donna Y <[email protected]> wrote:
> > An array can have one element but it is not a scalar number.
> > If it is an array it has not only magnitude but also direction.
> >
> > A scalar number by definition scales - it has magnitude - it
> > is not a vector or an array.  It has rank 0.
>
> I did not follow all of what you wrote, but consider:
>
> scalar:  1j2 (has magnitude and direction, and is an array)
> array: i.0 1 2 3 4  (has no magnitudes and no directions, but still is an
> array)
>
> --
> Raul
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