The explicits if. etc... are incredibly useful fall backs for beginners (and others?) when you just can't figure out how to do something the other way. If they were not available I think I would have given up on J when I was first trying to get things done using it - because a beginner can spend all day fiddling around trying to get rid of "domain error" etc... but can instantly get rid of errors most of the time by resorting to more traditional methods. I.e. explicits are an "if all else fails due to my lack of J competence" tool for me to turn to [as well as asking on the forum :-)].
u...@. always throws me because of the ranks, I can't think of an example right now, but I know that I have spent ages fiddling around with it at times and then given up and used if. instead. As a rule, if I can't get those things to work after 1 cup of tea then I will just use explicit. On 2 February 2010 17:13, David Ward Lambert <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't understand why j has a select/case statement. > Gerunds ought to be sufficient. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
