table =. (cleanfield&.> 0{"1 table) (<a:;0)} table
Henry Rich
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> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:26 AM
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> Subject: RE: [Jprogramming] Amending within a For loop
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> Henry Rich wrote:
> |The loop could be replaced by
> |table =. (<"0 i. #table) (<a:;0)} table
>
> Thanks for all your help!
>
> You suggested that the loop could be replaced by a "loopless"
> single-line version. Does your suggestion apply only to my posted
> "simplified" version? The "real" version's loop (now
> incorporating your
> solution) looks more like this, where "cleanfield" is an explicit
> definition for doing some cleanup work (for testing purposes,
> "cleanfield" definition contents of something like 'xxx',y works
> fine):
>
> for_j. (i. numrows) do.
> isbnfld=. <cleanfield >0{j_index{table NB. get and modify
> ISBN cell
> contents
> table=. isbnfld (<j_index,0)} table NB. replace ISBN cell
> contents in table
> end.
>
> Is this complication of including a called function still amenable in
> some way to your single-line suggestion above? It would sure be great
> if it could. Thanks!
>
> Harvey
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