Joe, I think you are looking for shift as discussed here. http://jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/d231.htm
If you think I am right and want more, let me know. On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 5:58 PM, Joe Bogner <joebog...@gmail.com> wrote: > is there a better way to do this? Calculate change over the 4th or Nth > previous cell? > > > d=.(1+(i.4)),(1.25+(i.4)) > > d %~ ((# d) {. _4 {. d) > > 1.25 1.125 1.08333 1.0625 0 0 0 0 > > > -- (B=) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm