Concisely, ncver=. 3 : '((y`:6) nc)`''''' (ncver ^: 9 +: (`'')) (`:6) 7 23
On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 6:46 PM Jose Mario Quintana < jose.mario.quint...@gmail.com> wrote: > An alternative way is verbing, so to speak, the (nc) adverb taking and > producing instead the gerunds corresponding to the verbs, powering the > verbed adverb (ncver) and converting the resulting gerund back to the > desired verb (extra parentheses and spaces for clarity), > > ncver=. 3 : 0 > u=. (y`:6) > v=. u nc > v (`'') > ) > > (ncver ^: 2 +: (`'')) (`:6) 7 > 16 > (ncver ^: 9 +: (`'')) (`:6) 7 > 23 > > PS. The previous generation of interpreters allowed one (illegally, of > course) to operate directly on the entities without having to go back and > forth. For example, one can just write, > > +: ((Ver 'nc')^:9 adv) 7 > 23 > > using the suitable utilities (Ver) for verbing and (adv) for adverbing. > > > > On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 6:12 AM Martin Kreuzer <i...@airkreuzer.com> > wrote: > >> Dear all - >> >> Having used Fixed Power (u^:n y) before, I noticed that it works on >> the verb-adverb compound to its left. >> >> Let's have a simple, silly example: >> >> nc=. 1 : '[: >: u' NB. defining an adverb 'increase' >> >> +: i. nc 7 NB. which works fine >> 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 >> >> Using Fixed Power like >> >> +: nc ^:1 (7) >> 15 >> +: nc ^:2 (7) >> 31 >> >> I do get the expected results (compound is executed once, twice). >> >> Here we have a verb, followed by two adverbs (if I understand correctly). >> >> What I have initially been looking for however, is how to apply the >> *same* adverb repeatedly, like >> >> +: nc nc (7) >> 16 >> >> while having the adverb part "nc nc" somehow abbreviated. >> >> What would be a (or the) way to phrase that ? >> >> Thanks. >> -M >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
