<"1 or 3 : '<"1 y' On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 10:56 PM HH PackRat <[email protected]> wrote:
> I need to convert the following list of 5 (in reality, far more) > 11-character dates: > > May 04 2020 > May 01 2020 > Apr 30 2020 > Apr 29 2020 > Apr 28 2020 > $ --> 5 11 > > to a list of 5 boxed dates: > > +-----------------+ > |May 04 2020| > +-----------------+ > |May 01 2020| > +-----------------+ > |Apr 30 2020| > +----------------+ > |Apr 29 2020| > +----------------+ > |Apr 28 2020| > +----------------+ > $ --> 5 > > (Sorry, my email limits me to a proportional font.) > > I've tried everything I can think of, with no luck. I'm sure the > answer will turn out to be rather easy. The closest I've come in > terms of boxing was boxing every character (which is NOT what I want): > > +------------------------+ > |M|a|y| |0|2| |2|0|2|0| > +------------------------+ > etc. > $ --> 5 11 > > Explicit code only, please! Thanks! > > Harvey > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
