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 ? >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
