I agree with Joey Tuttle's idea. I can't think of any instances when
I've wanted scalar x to be x|
8 (| -: #:)j./~i:20
1
Furthermore j's antibase returns 1 quarter, a half dime, a nickel, and 3
pennies when asked to make change for 38 cents. My version gives 1
quarter, 1 dime, and 3 pennies. Last time I brought this up I met with
general agreement that j's implementation is best, I still disagree.
antibase =: [: :(|.@:}.@:((((| , <.@:%~) {.@:]) , }.@:])/)@:((,~ (1 ,
|.@:(*/\.)@:}.))~)"1 0)
assert 1 1 0 3 -: 2 5r2 2 5 antibase 38 NB. change for 38 cents
2 5r2 2 5 #: 38
1 1r2 1 3
On 07/04/2018 08:00 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 20:31:18 -0700
From: Joey K Tuttle<[email protected]>
To:[email protected]
Subject: [Jprogramming] A possible change to behavior of #:
Message-ID:<[email protected]>
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Can anyone provide a reason it would be undesirable to have a scalar left (x)
argument to #: behave any differently than x (#.^:_1) y ?
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