Perhaps Linda needs to clarify if all / any digits need to be used ? %(+%)/15$1 0.618034
of if we can’t use a digit more than once … %(+%)/23$1 0.618034 > On 25 Feb 2016, at 9:58 PM, Ric Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nice! > Continuing with the assumption that not all digits need to be used, the > sentence can be further shortened to 17 chars > %/({:,+/)^:(3*5)1 > > 0.618034 > > > > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 10:25 PM, Ben Gorte - CITG <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I noticed a golden ratio. >> >> %/({:,+/)^:(3*4*5)[1 2 NB. 6, 7, 8 and 9 not needed >> 0.618034 >> >> 22 characters excluding the comment >> (but then four numbers are missing) >> >> Ben >> ________________________________________ >> From: Programming [[email protected]] on behalf of >> Linda A Alvord [[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2016 08:49 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Jprogramming] Morning Mystery >> >> Using only the single digit counting numbers: >> >> >> >>> :i.9 >> >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 >> >> >> >> write the shortest possible expression to produce: >> >> >> >> 0.618034 >> >> >> >> Linxa >> >> >> >> l >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
