On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote:
>> When looking for substrings, you should use (E.i.1:) which has special
>> code. http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/special.htm
>
> I don't think (E.i.1:) should be preferred to i. . All of dyad i. is
> special code.
You might prefer the one over the other if you preferred the one's
result over the other's result.
'test' (E.i.1:) 'This might be a test'
16
'This might be a test' i. 'test'
9 12 3 9
In the first case you are searching for the first instance of a substring.
In the second case you are searching for the first instance of each
character in the list.
--
Raul
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