However, if you originally were working with numbers, converted those numbers to text in the midst of boxing, yet actually has no need for a textual representation, Dan's technique would not be as nice as removing the unnecesary conversion to text.
We do not have enough context to know whether that is the case. --T On Aug 23, 2011 9:26 AM, "Raul Miller" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 9:07 AM, james wafula <[email protected]> wrote: >> I am trying to make a list after unboxing but I am experiencing challenges. Is there something I am not getting right? >> >> boxed >> ┌───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┐ >> │5928.60│5990.00│5938.90│5881.00│5870.10│5858.40│ >> └───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┘ >> >boxed >> 5928.60 >> 5990.00 >> 5938.90 >> 5881.00 >> 5870.10 >> 5858.40 >> ,>boxed >> 5928.605990.005938.905881.005870.105858.40 >> >> I need to obtain: >> 5928.60 5990.00 5938.90 5881.00 5870.10 5858.40 > > This is not just unboxing. You need to know what you have in those boxes. > > $&.> will tell you the shape of the contents, for example. > > From the looks of things, however, your boxes contain sequences of > characters and you want numbers. Thus, Dan Bron's suggestion is > probably the right answer: > > The content of each box should be turned into a number. > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
