newcol 1}"0 1 table --- "Sherlock, Ric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > Am new to J (from APL) and am having trouble with selective assignment . > I understand that in J the equivalent is to use Amend. > Given: > ]table=.4 2$ ;:'taa tas ewe wtw tweqewqwq 4212 fgsaera jihjy' > ]newcol=. ;:'mean to been formed' > ]newrow=. ;:'thra rowskd' > > Lets say I want to replace the 2nd column of table with a new column. > The following works: > newcol (0 1;1 1;2 1;3 1)}table > > But this doesn't: > newcol 1}"1 table > |rank error > | newcol 1}"1 table > > But does work for a row > newrow 1} table > Or > newrow 1}"2 table > > The following works but seems cludgey > |: newcol 1} |: table > > I have a feeling that maybe my understanding of rank isn't quite right > yet! Can anyone help? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
