To find the value of resistors in parallel one takes the reciprocal of the sum of the reciprocals. So I would like to write a verb to do just that. *pr=:%+/% *But that, of course, doesn't work. So my question is "is there a way of avoiding unwanted hooks and forks?"
On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 8:20 AM, Keith Park <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks! > > > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]>wrote: > >> In the sentence: >> >> +/&.:% resistances >> >> the phrase +/&.:% is a verb which finds parallel resistance. >> >> -- >> Raul >> >> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 9:19 PM, Keith Park <[email protected]> wrote: >> > To parallel a number of resistors the expression * %+/% *does the job. >> > How could one make an equivalent verb? >> > >> > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Boyko Bantchev <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> On 26 September 2012 15:39, Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > +&.% is the operation for combining parallel electrical resistances, >> >> another >> >> > example that immediately demonstrates the associativity. >> >> >> >> Indeed! I had the vague feeling I know this formula from somewhere >> >> else but it evaded me where. >> >> >> >> > (w:h) ................. >> >> >> >> The above is a mistake, of course. I should have said h:w, or place >> >> rectangles one above the other instead. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
