The expression fails if the argument has duplicate items. e.g. ((+.|.)@={"0 1 ' '&,.)'aabbb' |length error | ((+.|.)@={"0 1' '&,.)'aabbb'
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 10:18 AM, bob therriault <bobtherria...@mac.com>wrote: > That is lovely Arie, > > It is that kind of elegance that I was chasing with my rougher attempts. > > Using the (+.|.) hook simplifies (|.+.]) precisely and the {" 0 1 > combined with ' '&,. means that the selection of the string becomes a > choice in each row of displaying either the corresponding element of the > string or a blank. > > Cheers, bob > > On 2012-12-10, at 1:11 AM, Aai wrote: > > > ((+.|.)@={"0 1 ' '&,.)'abcde' > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm