Correction, the character '(' is a noun and o here is a pronoun. It's hard
to say things correctly!
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On Feb 9, 2013, at 3:56 AM, km <[email protected]> wrote:
> No, it says o is a noun. The value of o is the character '(' .
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> On Feb 9, 2013, at 3:24 AM, "Linda Alvord" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Thanks your sources are helpful.
>>
>> Here's another weird one. Grammar says that parentheses are punctuation.
>>
>>
>> o=:(+)
>> o
>> +
>> nc <'o'
>> 3
>> o=:()
>> |syntax error
>> | o=:()
>> o=:(
>> |syntax error
>> | o=:(
>>
>> o=:'('
>> o
>> (
>> nc <'o'
>> 0
>>
>> Does this say ( is a noun?
>>
>> Linda
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected]
>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of km
>> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 4:07 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] A tale of two nouns
>>
>> Linda,
>>
>> f =: '=:' NB. f is a string of two characters
>> $f
>> 2
>>
>> Your g appears to be a string of three characters.
>>
>> About your sentence attempting to define i check for a space between =
>> and :
>>
>> Finally, about =: please see Appendix E. Parts of Speech:
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>> http://www.jsoftware.com/docs/help701/dictionary/partsofspeech.htm
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>> There you will see =: is not a "verb" in the J sense of that term. Also
>> see II. Grammar
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>> http://www.jsoftware.com/docs/help701/dictionary/dict2.htm
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>> where =: is identified as a sixth "part of speech" Copula.
>>
>> Kip
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>> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Feb 9, 2013, at 2:24 AM, "Linda Alvord" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>> f =: '=:'
>>>
>>> nc <'f'
>>>
>>> 0
>>>
>>> g =: '= :'
>>>
>>> nc <'g'
>>>
>>> 0
>>>
>>> h =: *:
>>>
>>> h 7 11
>>>
>>> 49 121
>>>
>>> i = : *:
>>>
>>> i = :*:
>>>
>>> i 7 11
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> i 7 11
>>>
>>> |value error: i
>>> | i 7 11
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> f and g are both nouns, but they aren't the same noun.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is f really a noun? If "is" is a verb, isn't "=:" a verb?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Linda
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