Thanks Don, I knew it would be something as simple as that

On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Don Guinn <[email protected]> wrote:
> J provides verb names for the numbers _9 to 9 for convenience. You can use
> Rank (") to make any noun into a verb. So
>
>   0: ` (1"_) @. (0&<:) &>  i:10
> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
>
> 1: is the same thing as 1"_
>
>   0: ` (64"_) @. (0&<:) &>  i:10
> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64
>
>
> On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 6:10 AM, Ian Gorse <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I am currently learning / experimenting with gerunds and made this
>> very simple snippet that returns 1 if x >= 0, or 0 otherwise
>>
>>   0: ` 1: @. (0&<:) &>  i:10
>> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
>>
>> now lets say I wanted to return 64 instead of 1
>>
>>   0: ` 64: @. (0&<:) &>  i:10
>> |spelling error
>> |      0: ` 64: @. (0&<:) &>  i:10
>> |
>>
>> ok, that's because 64: is not a j verb, so how about..
>>
>>   0: ` (2^6) @. (0&<:) &>  i:10
>> |domain error
>> |       0:`(2^6)@.(0&<:)&>i:10
>>
>> ok, that's because (2^6) is not a function, so what about..
>>
>>   0: ` (2:^6:) @. (0&<:) &>  i:10
>> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64
>>
>> ok, that was simple enough, so lets try 33
>>
>>   0: ` (3:+3:*2:*5:) @. (0&<:) &>  i:10
>> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33
>>
>> this is starting to become ugly.
>>
>> I could easily write an explicit verb to give me the answer I am
>> looking for - but I am not particularly looking to make explicit verbs
>>   thirty3=. 3 : '33'
>>   0: ` thirty3 @. (0&<:) &>  i:10
>>
>> I am just wondering if I am missing something obvious?
>>
>> Thanks
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