What I don’t quite understand was the expansion of 
-.&;:&’-‘ y
to
y (-.&;:) ‘-‘
and then
(;: y) -. (;: ‘-‘)

So I was thinking the -.&;: is a hook.  

Complete newbie, so apologies.

> On Jan 16, 2022, at 8:46 PM, Hauke Rehr <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I don’t quite understand.
> LHS is just the result of applying ;: to the value 'start-A'.
> 
> Am 17.01.22 um 05:45 schrieb P Padilcdx:
>> That helps.  What rule applies for making the LHS? Is it a hook?
>> Thank You!!
>>> On Jan 16, 2022, at 8:09 PM, Hauke Rehr <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Maybe I should elaborate on this a bit more:
>>> 
>>> ] LHS =: ;: 'start-A'
>>> ┌─────┬─┬─┐
>>> │start│-│A│
>>> └─────┴─┴─┘
>>>   ] RHS =: ;: '-'
>>> ┌─┐
>>> │-│
>>> └─┘
>>>   LHS -. RHS
>>> ┌─────┬─┐
>>> │start│A│
>>> └─────┴─┘
>>>   (;: 'start-A') -. (;: '-')
>>> ┌─────┬─┐
>>> │start│A│
>>> └─────┴─┘
>>> 
>>> Or was the missing link for you somewhere else?
>>> 
>>> Am 17.01.22 um 04:56 schrieb Hauke Rehr:
>>>> First, you apply ;._2
>>>> Then it’s just a row-wise -.&;:
>>>> eg
>>>>    'start-A' (-.&;:) '-'
>>>> ┌─────┬─┐
>>>> │start│A│
>>>> └─────┴─┘
>>>> Am 17.01.22 um 04:01 schrieb P Padilcdx:
>>>>> Slowly following the discussion. I confess I’m stuck at how the 
>>>>> composition of -.&;:&’-‘ work in the unpack verb.  Try to read the 
>>>>> description of & in NuVoc and LJ, but i confess to still be clueless as 
>>>>> to how J parses it. I experimented a bit but still perplexed.  Can 
>>>>> someone point me in the right direction?  Much appreciated.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Pete
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jan 2, 2022, at 11:52 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> unpack=:-.&;:&'-';._2
>>>>> 
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