There is no extended complex datatype in J (although its addition could be a thought).
Louis > On 9 Sep 2017, at 09:23, 'Bo Jacoby' via Programming > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > %2 NB. floating > 0.5 > x: %2 NB. extended > 1r2 > %1j1 NB. floating > 0.5j_0.5 > x: %1j1 NB. why not extended? > |domain error > | x:%1j1 > > > > Den 3:53 lørdag den 9. september 2017 skrev Don Kelly <[email protected]>: > > > It appears that the verb ^ may be a large part of the problem (as in > 14^2). Check NuVoc /vocabulary/Numeric Precision and go the table for > different verbs . This and the division may be floating point in this case > > _____________________________ > > ^ ^. -: % %. inexact (complex if needed), > > preserves extended and rational > if result is exact > > _________________________ > > Don Kelly > >> On 2017-09-08 1:36 AM, Raul Miller wrote: >> No: integers do not automatically get converted to extended precision. >> >> Integers simply have sufficient precision for this example. >> >> Thanks, >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
