RE: #:, with multiple dots, creates a list. #. creates an atom. Isn't I. defined as (# i.@#)"1? If you want a different rank you could specify one. But can you give an example where you would do that?
Henry Rich On Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 8:33 AM R.E. Boss <[email protected]> wrote: > I could not agree more. > Now I have to remember the ranks of the verbs I use, which I cannot. > (I even have to look up always some definitions, e.g. the difference > between #: and #. , perhaps I should use the mnemonics, like Alex Rufon > did, together with f. ) > > > R.E. Boss > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Programming <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Elijah Stone > Sent: woensdag 27 oktober 2021 05:33 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Where, oh where have my indices... > > I think that primitives should try to handle as highly-ranked an array > they can. I find it much more simple and regular to explicitly lower the > rank of a verb than to recreate the high-rank version of the algorithm > myself. > > (...) > > -E > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
