explicit code using loop. Sometimes explicit code is more memory and space efficient but not sure for this simple case.
a=. 5 11$'May 04 2020May 01 2020Apr 30 2020Apr 29 2020Apr 28 2020' t1=: 3 : 0 z=. '' for_i. y do. z=. z,<i end. ) t1 a +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ |May 04 2020|May 01 2020|Apr 30 2020|Apr 29 2020|Apr 28 2020| +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 1:56 PM HH PackRat <hhpack...@gmail.com> 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
