Both responses to my recent sorting question worked directly on the 
column in question rather than transposing and working with the 
equivalent row.  Since verbs usually work with rows/lists of data, as a 
beginner I've tended to try to get arrays into a form where I can work 
with one or more rows and then transpose back again.  However, a lot of 
example code I see in the forum, etc., often does NOT transpose arrays 
to a row-oriented format for column work.

>From a stylistic perspective (since both approaches work), is the 
preference more a matter of using fewer actions (for example, avoiding 
the necessary double array transposition when using rows) or is there 
just a preference in J for dealing with array columns directly?  I'm 
trying to learn from what I see you all write.  Thanks!

Harvey

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