You can't remove them. They're not really added; you just get the same
effect as if they were. To understand what really happens you have to
learn the rules of parsing.
You seemed to have the overly simple notion that the name was replaced
by the word-list of its definition; I am just suggesting a different
notion, that the word-list has parens put around it. That's also overly
simple but it gives the correct results.
Henry Rich
On 7/7/2018 6:06 PM, Skip Cave wrote:
Hmmm.. parentheses are automatically added when I assign a name to a verb!
What is the rationale for always adding parentheses when assinging a name
to a verb? It seems to be unnecessarily complicating a simple process.
In any case, what method can I use to remove those parentheses, or at least
nullify their effect, when assiging a name?
Skip
On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 4:12 PM Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote:
Assigning to a name adds an implied set of parentheses. Thus if you write
f =. +/!>:2*i.
When you execute
f 5
you will get the same result as if you had executed
(+/!>:2*i.) 5
Try it and see.
Henry Rich
On 7/7/2018 5:07 PM, Skip Cave wrote:
I have a tacit verb that finds the sum of the factorials of the odd
integers from 1 to 2n - 1:
+/!>:2*i.1
1
+/!>:2*i.2
7
+/!>:2*i.3
127
+/!>:2*i.4
5167
I want to assign that tacit verb a name f:
f=. +/!>:2*i
f 1
2
f 2
3 3
f 3
4 4 4
f 4
5 5 5 5
My tacit verb doesn't work the same when I assign it a name. How do I
modify the verb to allow me to name it? Why do I have to change my verb,
just because I assign it a name?
Skip
Skip Cave
Cave Consulting LLC
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