Oh. I know about the reflexive primitive. But I always thought that you always need both left and right parameters to switch. This confused me because what I understood was that the code was to be run as: a #/. |syntax error | a#/.
So basically, this is a shortcut/trick where the noun is used as both left and right parameters. Hmmmm. Thanks Rick. I appreciate it. r/Alex -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sherlock, Ric Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 12:45 PM To: Programming forum Subject: RE: [Jprogramming] Verb Sequence or Ranking problem? ---Alex Rufon wrote: > Can anybody elaborate on #/.~a > > I don't understand the presence of ~ in that sequence. Is this another > example of a fork/hook? This is not a tacit expression so it isn't a fork or hook. See the dictionary page for Reflexive: http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/d220v.htm #/.~ a 2 2 1 3 a #/. a 2 2 1 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
