Here's what I'd start with:
chidot=: #@[ ({. i. }.) ,
If that was too slow, I'd probably build an explicit work-alike, with
intermediate variables for shapes.
(>;:'SF SY PK ...') chidot (>;:'SF SY')
0 1
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Raul
On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 4:35 PM, Joe Bogner <joebog...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I often get tripped up with different trailing shapes when using i. with
> char arrays. I must not be the only one[1]
>
> Does this look like a suitable utility to deal with it or is there a more
> common way?
>
> Y1=:0&{::
> Y2=:1&{::
> idotfill =. (( ( (_,]) {. Y1@[) i. ((_,]) {. Y2@[) ) {:@$@Y2 >. {:@$@Y1) f.
>
> idotfill (>'SF';'SY';'PK ');(>'SF';'SY')
> 0 1
>
> compare with
>
> NB. different trailing shape
> (>'SF';'SY';'PK ') i. (>'SF';'SY')
> 3 3
>
> NB. remove the trailing space on PK
>
> (>'SF';'SY';'PK') i. (>'SF';'SY')
> 0 1
>
>
> [1] - "y must match the entire row of x (including any trailing fill
> letters) for (i.) to find it. Otherwise (i.) returns (#x) (signifying "not
> found"), concealing your error."
>
> http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/idot#dyadic
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