_ 0 0 as the result of 0 100 100#:_ is hard to justify, as is x|_ giving 0 for nonzero x .
----- Original Message ----- From: Anssi Seppälä <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, March 16, 2008 9:10 Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Handling NaN error with #:_ To: Programming forum <[email protected]> > The very original idea was to present dates as integers in form > yyyymmdd like 20080316 and undefined future date as infinity _. > To > parse year month and day from this was easy 0 100 100#:20080316 > => > 2008 3 16. Also 0 100 100#:_ gave result _ 0 0. > > Thanks to NaN error I must scan a lot of old code to make > programs > running again. So todayno is not the problem but #: with > infinity is. > > Anssi > > At 15:48 16.3.2008, you wrote: > >Hello Anssi; > > > >The what: rewrite 'todayno' such that > > > > todayno _ > >_ > > > >The how: an exercise for the reader. > > > >Isn't it that simple? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
