Nice catch Linda. I messed up in my original writeup. Sorry.

On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 7:44 PM, Linda Alvord <[email protected]>wrote:

> Note:
>
>    i: _2
> 2 1 0 _1 _2
>
> Lins
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Vijay Lulla
> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 12:02 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Jprogramming] Possible discrepancy in i: description (for monad)
>
> Dear list,
> The page for i: (http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dico.htm) lists:
>
> in general, i: a j. b produces the list of numbers from -a to a in b equal
> steps (or in 1+2*a steps if b is 0).
>
> Shouldn't it be 1+2*|a? For e.g., consider the second example listed on the
> page:
>
>    i: _2  yields _2 _1 0 1 2
>
> whereas according to the definition it should yield only 3 elements. Also
> there is no mention of reversal.
>
> IMO, the definition of i. does a similar description more precisely. It
> also
> states that using negative number causes reversal.
>
> Have I missed something here? If so, please point me in the right
> direction.
> Thanks,
> Vijay.
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