Re: [Jprogramming] How long did the marriages last?

[dhkelly]

Just a question? Why treat dates as character strings?
A=:1809;'Philip St. George Cooke';1895 might simplify both entry and 
operations on the dates. This is true of the previous age problem as 
well. Don Kelly


On 7/9/2016 7:19 PM, Linda A Alvord wrote:
I have put married pairs together.  The 4th column has the date for each of
the three marriages.  I can get the length of their marriages but I can't
seem to insert them into the three boxes which currently contain a zero.  I
can't amend the three years in the boxes.  Linda

  

    A=:'1809';'Philip St. George Cooke';'1895'

    B=:'1807';'Rachel Cooke';'1896'

    C=:'1830';'John Eaten Cooke';'1886'

    D=:'1840';'Mary Frances Cooke';'1878'

    E=:'1833';'B  Jeb Stuart';'1864'

    F=:'1836';'B  Flora Cooke Stuart';'1923'

    DA=:A,B,C,D,E,:F

    

    age=: 13 :'y,.,. <"0-/"1"."1>2 0{"1 y'

    

    DATA=:age DA

    

    MAR=:<"0,.1830 0 1867 0 1855 0

    

    [NEW=:3 2 5$,DATA,.MAR

-----T-----------------------T----T--T----┐
│1809│Philip St. George Cooke│1895│86│1830│
+----+-----------------------+----+--+----+
│1807│Rachel Cooke           │1896│89│0   │
L----+-----------------------+----+--+-----

-----T-----------------------T----T--T----┐
│1830│John Eaten Cooke       │1886│56│1867│
+----+-----------------------+----+--+----+
│1840│Mary Frances Cooke     │1878│38│0   │
L----+-----------------------+----+--+-----

-----T-----------------------T----T--T----┐
│1833│B  Jeb Stuart          │1864│31│1855│
+----+-----------------------+----+--+----+
│1836│B  Flora Cooke Stuart  │1923│87│0   │
L----+-----------------------+----+--+-----

    

  

  

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