[I thought I had sent this yesterday, but today I find it in draft status] Note that you can eliminate some of the parenthesis here, and some of the quotation marks (though this does place a burden on the reader's understanding of j syntax):
({{y`:6 nc`''}} ^: 9 +:`'') (`:6) 7 23 or ({{y`:6 nc`''}} ^: 9 +:`'') `:6 ]7 23 The final parentheses are essential (to force early verb evaluation). -- Raul On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 7:01 PM Jose Mario Quintana <jose.mario.quint...@gmail.com> wrote: > > (3 : '((y`:6) nc)`''''' ^: 9 +: (`'')) (`:6) 7 > 23 > > > > On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 6:57 PM Jose Mario Quintana < > jose.mario.quint...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm