In general a set is a combination of elements or a set.

Any set within a set can contain either elements or sets.

How would boxed notation be used to represent something
like:

{ 1, { { 3, 4}, 8, { 8, 9}}, 10}

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From: [email protected]
To: Programming forum <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] sets within a set
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:35:05 -0800

>setLess =:: -. [  
>
>1 2 3 4 setLess 1 4
>2 3
>
>so, 
>
>1; 2; 3; 4 setLess 1; 4
>
>should return boxed
>2 3
>
>but it returns
>boxed 1 2 3 4
>
>and in my math notation
>
>{ 1, { 2, 3 }, 3 } setLess { 2, 3 } should return { 1, 3 }
>{ 1, { 2, 3 }, 3 } setLess { 3 }     should return { 1, {2,
>3}}
>
>
>
>
>   
>
>----- Original Message Follows -----
>From: Raul Miller <[email protected]>
>To: Programming forum <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] sets within a set
>Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:52:48 -0400
>
>>On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 3:49 PM,
>>> <[email protected]> wrote: A =: 1 2 3 4
>>> B =: 10 20 30 40
>>> C =: 100 200 300 400
>>>
>>> How would one define the set:
>>> bigSet =: 0.5 A B C 1000.5
>>> in such a way that the cardinality, that is '# bigSet'
>>is 5
>>
>>   bigSet=: 0.5;A;B;C;1000.5
>>
>>-- 
>>Raul
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