Björn wrote:
> The objective is to get the first number from a list of primes.
>
> Is there a better way of getting the first number from a list of numbers
> putting them each in a box than making it first a character and the taking
> the first of each element making it a number and summing up the resulting
> list?

I've always preferred to ask for digits directly (numerically), rather than 
projecting into the string domain and returning to the numeric domain:

        10 +/@:#: p:@:i.

-Dan


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