Thanks, Roger. That's what I want.

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> wrote:
> Since x: converts a float to a rat you'd expect that x:^:_1 converts a
> rat to a float.  And it does:
>
>   x:^:_1 ]1r3
> 0.333333
>
> For coding convenience _1&x: does the same:
>
>   _1 x: 1r3
> 0.333333
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
>> How best should I coerce (if that's an appropriate word to use in a J
>> context) a noun which possibly contains a rational, eg 1r3, to the
>> nearest floating-point number?
>> ...So that it outputs as 0.333333 instead of 1r3 ?
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