That might be, but that phrasing still doesn't make sense: */ '' 1
There's no list result here - that's a rank 0 result. Thanks, -- Raul On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 9:41 AM, 'Mike Day' via Programming <[email protected]> wrote: > I think Erling meant "add" in the sense of appending 1 to the empty list, > rather than "add" as an arithmetical operation. > > That's my n-penny-worth! > > Mike > > > > > On 20/12/2017 12:25, Raul Miller wrote: >> >> You are multiplying, not adding. >> >> -- Raul On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 3:39 AM, Erling Hellenäs >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> */i.0 >>> >>> 1 >>> >>> Here the interpreter automatically adds a 1 to get this peculiar result. >>> >>> /Erling >>> >>> Den 2017-12-19 kl. 20:01, skrev Raul Miller: >>>> >>>> An empty tank zero array would be inconsistent. >>>> >>>> The number of elements in an array is the product of its dimensions, and >>>> the multiplicative identity is 1, not 0. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums seehttp://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums seehttp://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
