R.E. wrote:
> </} 1 2 3,:2 2 2
> 2 2 3
Linda wrote:
> 123 </} 1 2 3,:2 2 2
> 123 2 3
> 2 2 2
R.E. Boss' original example:
</} 1 2 3,:2 2 2
worked because the verb </} was used monadically. Your examples:
123 </} 1 2 3,:2 2 2
differ because you're using the verb </} dyadically.
In short, </} y has a different definition than x </} y and so the two
phrases will produce different results even when they happen to have the
same y . This is the same reason 123 # 1 2 3,:2 2 2 and # 1 2 3,:2 2
2 produce different results, or 5-2 and - 2 produce different results.
Now, if you want to know _why_ 123 </} 1 2 3,:2 2 2 produces 123 2 3 ,: 2
2 2 , you'll have to read the Vocabulary entry for f} (and the caveat I
recently offered) [1,2].
-Dan
[1] Definition f} (as opposed to m} ):
http://jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/d530v.htm
[2] In f} y , f addresses the indices of the _ravel_ of y,
even though the Vocabulary doesn't say that:
http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2014-July/037990.html
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