((+])^:10) 1
1024
(+]^:10) 1
2
Does this help?
- Bo.
Den 20:16 søndag den 2. august 2015 skrev Raul Miller
<[email protected]>:
I think Pascal has pretty much already covered it, but these are equivalent:
f^:5 n
f f f f f n
And these are also equivalent:
m f^:3 n
m f m f m f n
Thanks,
--
Raul
On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 11:26 AM, Jon Hough <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm attempting some functions that use verb power (^:) , but I'm a little
> lost when it comes to the concept of what is getting iterated.
> For example, in pseudo code:
> function f(y){
> a = y; //cache initial value
>
> counter = 10;
> while(counter-->0){
> y = y + a;
> }
> return y;}
> In the above code, y was initially cached for later use. Trying this in tacit
> J I did:
> f =: +]^:10
> which completely gives the wrong result. Obviosuly the above function is not
> interesting, and I'm attempting more interesting things, but the principle is
> the same, how can I cache the initial value for use in each iteration when
> using ^:? Do I need to use explicit verbs instead?
> Thanks,
> Jon
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