based on Raul's rosettacode link, but building an expaning list of left truncable primes, such that further search is possible on future "iterations"
selPrime=: #~ 1&p: ltrunc =: (] , ((1+i.9) (10 #. ,)"0 1 (10&#.inv))"0(,@:)(selPrime@:) each@:{:) # &> sofar =: ltrunc^:6 < 3 7x 2 11 39 99 192 326 429 # &> sofar =: ltrunc^:6 sofar 2 11 39 99 192 326 429 521 545 517 448 354 276 the number of truncable primes decreases substantially as the digits increase. (last answer is for 1 to 13 digits, with single digit primes wrongly listed (4 is right number of single digit primes) the full list eventually goes to 0 # &> sofar =: ltrunc^:1 sofar (NB. iterations skipped) 2 11 39 99 192 326 429 521 545 517 448 354 276 212 117 72 42 24 13 6 5 4 3 1 0 which I guess we knew from example number > _2 { sofar 357686312646216567629137 On Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 07:04:25 p.m. EST, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 6:47 PM 'Skip Cave' via Programming <programm...@jsoftware.com> wrote: > Now what is the J verb that will find an n-digit integer that is still > prime when each of the digits are removed? I'd probably go with https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Truncatable_primes#J for that. Thanks, -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm