Raul, One of the challenges I have found is in shapes with more than one zero value, because that second layer of nothingness is difficult to distinguish. I think by enclosing the shapes appropriately, this can be done, but not by text alone.
It reminds me of the last verse of "The Snow Man" by Wallace Stevens. For the listener, who listens in the snow, And, nothing himself, beholds Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is. Cheers, bob On Feb 3, 2014, at 5:10 PM, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Pascal Jasmin <godspiral2...@yahoo.ca> wrote: >> In terms of distinguishing arrays, the key visual effect should be based on >> "is there some leading unobvious rank information?" > > More specifically, leading 1 dimensions are invisible (and so is "type > information"), by default. > (i.6)+i.1 1 1 1 6 > |length error > > i.6 > 0 1 2 3 4 5 > i.1 1 1 1 6 > 0 1 2 3 4 5 > ":i.6 > 0 1 2 3 4 5 > > Any other leading dimension is visible (well, except for 0s in the > shape, but that's somewhat visible, in a sense, because you can tell > that you are not seeing any data). > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
