As always Brian, I am impressed; and probably will be even more so after the time it will take me to understand the documents you and Jimmy referenced.
Long ago I concluded that x (exp1;exp2;...;expn) y was just a way for smart j'ers to let beginners like me to compare the results of related expressions; and I was pleased to understand that and content to not bother to look for other insights. I'm now curious to see how the NUVOC folks have avoided that confusion for beginning j'ers. > On Dec 7, 2019, at 8:42 PM, Brian Schott <[email protected]> wrote: > > The expression X exp1;exp2;exp3 Y needs ()'s to be properly constructed as a > 5 element "train": X (exp1;exp2;exp3) Y. As near as I can tell it is > referenced in the following link. > > https://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dicte.htm > > On that page the reference is to the following page: > https://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dictF.htm > (Notice that 'F' replaces 'e' ). > > --- > (B=) > >>> On Dec 7, 2019, at 12:39 PM, 'Jim Russell' via Programming >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >> Another rabbit hole… >> —— >> [snip] >> Now the thing that got me into that rabbit hole: where is this format: >> X exp1;exp2;exp3 Y >> first introduced and explained?? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
