Nope. I really need the fractional part. I'm looking into how big the
impact will be if I remove the millennium part but I really need the
fractional part to show up. For now, I'm using the intolerant unique as
described in the intolerant index of by Henry Rich in the J for C
programmers books.
   unique=: ~.!.0
   unique 20080516 20080516 20080516.00000057
20080516 20080516.0000006
   


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Or

   ~.&.(-&20000000) 20080516 20080516.00000057
20080516 20080516


R.E. Boss


> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:programming-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Alex Rufon
> Verzonden: woensdag 30 april 2008 8:33
> Aan: Programming forum
> Onderwerp: RE: [Jprogramming] RE: [Jgeneral] NUB Problem
> 
> Oh.
> 
> Yep, removing the millennium would work and I'll just add it later. :)
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Burke
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 1:37 PM
> To: Programming forum
> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] RE: [Jgeneral] NUB Problem
> 
> Alex Rufon wrote:
> > Unfortunately, the use of the 200801010000 as 01/01/2008 00:00 is
> > tightly embedded into our system that yanking it out is no mean
feat.
> :(
> 
> OK, but this is not the same thing. The number you used was
> 20080516.00000057 . Where does the 57 come from?
> 
> Even if you cannot control the inputs, you should be able to fix up
what
> you are given so that things work properly in J.
> 
> For example:
> 
>   ff=: ":!.15
> 
> NB. this is your problem:
>   ff ~. 20080516 20080516.00000057
> 20080516
> 
> NB. this is a simple fix that removes the millenium -
> NB. you can always add it back later:
>   ff ~. 20080516 20080516.00000057 - 20000000
> 80516 80516.00000057
> 
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