> From: Roger Hui
>
> > Incidentally, {.&> doesn't save anymore brackets than {."0
>
> Counterexample:
>
> x{.&>1!:1<'file'
> x{."(0)1!:1<'file'
> x{."0]1!:1<'file'
>
I should have been more specific - I was referring to its use in the code
quoted by Gary:
Gary Ng wrote:
> > That is what puzzled me. This is the original code I came
> > across :
> >
> > (,|....@}:)(,.|....@}:"1)({.&>~#{.i:@#)(65}.a.)(>:@i.{.[)'E'
> >
> > from http://www.craigmurphy.com/blog/?p=1417#comment-66863
> >
> > It does save a pair of '()' but that seems to be not a good
> > practice as it doesn't use the 'primary' functionality of '>'
> > which is to unbox
(,|....@}:)(,.|....@}:"1)({."0~#{.i:@#)(65}.a.)(>:@i.{.[)'E'
A
B B
C C
D D
E E
D D
C C
B B
A
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