An important verb for comparison is Match, the dyadic meaning of -: (dash-colon.)
http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/d122.htm It's the way to get a scalar boolean result (0 or 1) as the truth-value of comparing two things in their entirety. If the two things match in all regards, 1, if not, 0. A simple example sentence: 0 0 1 0 -: 1 0 1 0 0 On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 6:48 AM, David Vaughan <[email protected] > wrote: > What is the best approach to compare the contents of lists? What I want to > do is the equivalent of: > > if (listA[i]!=listB[i]) > > In C. > > Also I've been having trouble trying to count nonzero list items. > > Thanks. > > ___________________________ > > David Vaughan > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
