^: is J's short circuit operator. we do not need to overload verbs for this. (Though I understand peer pressure makes us want to incorporate features of other programming languages which would cripple J.)
Thanks, -- Raul On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 12:41 PM, Moon S <[email protected]> wrote: > It could be great to have and. and or. in if. and while. conditions, like > if. a~:0 and. b<x%a do. ... NB. or right to left? also a question > but I understand the rules for their combination would be difficult > and out of the language discipline. > A pity anyway. > > On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 6:42 PM, 'Mike Day' via Programming > <[email protected]> wrote: >> ...not forgetting that *. is least common multiple for integer arguments. >> >> eg >> >> 12 *. 16 >> 48 >> >> Mike >> >> Please reply to [email protected]. >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On 6 Nov 2017, at 11:35, Rudolf Sykora <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On 6 November 2017 at 12:21, Linda Alvord <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> Wasn't sure so I guess the answer is it gets evaluated: >>> >>> >>> Well, sometimes it doesn't: >>> >>> (>:a) *. (0<a=.1) >>> 2 >>> (>:a) *. (0<a=.0) >>> 0 >>> (>:a) *. (0<a=._5) >>> 0 >>> >>> Ruda >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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
