Right, almost nobody writes, for example, 1023 as 00001023 for obvious reasons although you can see irrelevant leading zeros displayed, for instance, by odometers. (The question was a little tricky.)
On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah, never mind, I see it now. > > You can put leading zeros on the binary number, which makes it a > palindrome. > > (This is necessary also, to understand why J gave me that 2046 answer). > > For a more traditional interpretation of binary palindromes, I guess I > should have used: > > (#~ (-: |.)@#:"0) 1+2016}.i.2^11 > 2047 > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> > wrote: > > "A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of > > characters which reads the same backward or forward." > > > > You probably meant something different? > > > > But, seeing as this is the programming forum and not the chat forum, > > and since you did pose a specific question: > > > > (#~ (-: |.)"1@#:) 1+2016}.i.2^11 > > 2046 > > > > I hope this helps, > > > > -- > > Raul > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 9:21 AM, Jose Mario Quintana > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I had not realized the this year is a palindrome in binary until I saw > >> Boss' message in the chat forum (see below). > >> > >> The question is: when will the next one be? > >> > >> The answer can be easily found, of course, using J. > >> > >> Hint: I will be very lucky if I can ever say (truthfully) "this year > is a > >> palindrome in binary" after this year ends. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> [Jchat] 11111100000 > >> R.E. Boss r.e.boss at outlook.com > >> Mon Dec 28 12:47:05 UTC 2015 > >> •Previous message: [Jchat] Saving Data for Future Use > >> • Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] > >> > >> Happy 11111100000 ! > >> > >> R.E. Boss > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
