This might also suffice:
   >: 0 12 12 #: (12*i.36)+0 12 12 #. <:2004 1 1
2004  1 1
2004  2 1
2004  3 1
2004  4 1
2004  5 1
2004  6 1
2004  7 1
2004  8 1
2004  9 1
2004 10 1
2004 11 1
2004 12 1
2005  1 1
...
2006 12 1


On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 3:42 AM, R.E. Boss <[email protected]> wrote:

> ({. + i.@(-~/))&.(todayno :. todate) 2004 1 1,:2006 12 12
>
> solves your problems.
>
>
> R.E. Boss
>
>
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > Van: [email protected] [mailto:programming-
> > [email protected]] Namens PackRat
> > Verzonden: maandag 29 november 2010 3:50
> > Aan: Programming forum
> > Onderwerp: [Jprogramming] Calendrical "odometer"--how to?
> >
> > [1] The "London Gold Fix" plot demo I mentioned previously has the
> > line:
> >
> >    bgn=. todayno 2004,.(1+i.12),.1
> >
> > I'd like to change the  2004  to something like  (2004+i.3) so that a
> > plot could handle multiple years rather than just one.  Although that's
> > the intuitive approach a beginner like me would take, it doesn't work
> > that way.  (The problem, of course, is that "stitch" can take a list
> > and an atom, but it can't take two lists where each value of the one
> > list is repeated as a fill for each value of the other list.)  How can
> > I adjust that line to get an output like this:
> >
> > 2004  1  1
> > 2004  2  1
> > 2004  3  1
> > . . .
> > 2004 12  1
> > 2005  1  1
> > 2005  2  1
> > 2005  3  1
> > . . .
> > 2005 12  1
> > 2006  1  1
> > 2006  2  1
> > 2006  3  1
> > . . .
> > 2006 12  1
> >
> > [2] Additionally, just as a matter of interest, how would one write a
> > more complete "calendrical odometer"?  In other words, all three
> > elements (year, month, day) cycle through their values.  (Leap years
> > present problems, though.)  The result would look like:
> >
> > 2004  1  1
> > 2004  1  2
> > . . .
> > 2004  1 31
> > 2004  2  1
> > 2004  2  2
> > . . .
> > 2004 12 31
> > 2005  1  1
> > 2005  1  2
> > . . .
> > 2006 12 31
> >
> > (I suppose one could "cheat" by doing the calculation backwards--that
> > is, going from a sequence of day numbers to the equivalent yyyy mm dd
> > values.)
> >
> > [3] More challenging (I presume), how would one create such an odometer
> > using any starting and ending dates in the format yyyy mm dd?  I
> > presume this might possibly be a multiline explicit verb (no tacit,
> > please).  (Again, I suppose one could "cheat", as above.)
> >
> > I really do appreciate the help you all give--thanks!
> >
> > Harvey
> >
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