> ,./ will work but it will have quadratic performance.  
> Avoid for large operands.

   t0=: 3 : '6!:2 '',./t'' [ t=. (y,43)$''abc'''"0 
   t1=: 3 : '6!:2 '',./t'' [ t=. (43,y)$''abc'''"0 
   t0 1e5*2^i.4
0.0979133 0.10202 0.194575 0.391258
   t1 1e5*2^i.4
0.0770126 0.0742525 0.118406 0.235672

Looks linear to me.



----- Original Message -----
From: Henry Rich <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, June 17, 2010 4:55
Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Combine named lists as matrix
To: Programming forum <[email protected]>

> I share your antipathy to ". but I think it is unfounded.  
> Surely it's 
> no different from using 3 :   .
> 
> ,./ will work but it will have quadratic performance.  
> Avoid for large 
> operands.
> 
> Henry Rich
> 
> 
> 
> Sherlock, Ric wrote:
> > Thanks Henry
> > This is much simpler but I have this (probably irrational) 
> negative feeling about using Do (".). I imagine that Evoke (~) 
> is probably just Do (".) under the covers so perhaps I just need 
> to get over it!! Reassurances welcome :-)
> > 
> > The other thing I like about the other solution is that it 
> will give a length error if the columns are not equal length. 
> Whether that is desirable is obviously problem dependent, but in 
> my case it is a plus. Combining bits I get:
> > 
> > ,.&:>/@:(".&.>)@;: 'Var1 Var2 Var3 Var4 Var5'
> > 
> >> From: Henry Rich
> >> Sent: Thursday, 17 June 2010 12:23
> >>
> >> |:@:(".@>)      ;: 'Var3 Var5 Var4 
> Var1 Var2'
> >>
> >> Sherlock, Ric wrote:
> >>> How best to form a matrix from a list of noun names where 
> each noun
> >> is a list of values that will form a column in the matrix?
> >>> Below is one solution, are there better ones?
> >>>
> >>> Named nouns:
> >>> 'Var3 Var5 Var4 Var1 Var2' =: 5 7 ?...@$ 60
> >>>
> >>> evoke=: 3 : 'y~'
> >>> toMatrix =: [: ,.&:>/ [: evoke&.> ;:
> >>>
> >>>    toMatrix 'Var1 Var2 Var3 Var4 Var5'
> >>> 16 36  6 31 37
> >>>  0 46 35 32 40
> >>> 24  5 59 58 14
> >>> 24 17 52  0  6
> >>> 11  8 14 10 38
> >>> 13 48 39 42 13
> >>> 23 42 20 11 58
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