Sorry, Simple J uses trains and rank but no other conjunction.

On 11/13/2011 11:48 AM, Marc Simpson wrote:
> How about using adverse?
>
>     k =: ( ([: +/ E.) ::0:>  )"1 0
>
>     'bc' k ::0: 'ab';'bc';'bcd';'ad';'a'
> 0 1 1 0 0
>
> -M
>
> On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 6:31 PM, Kip Murray<[email protected]>  wrote:
>> I didn't want to talk about it, but verb k depends on strings being
>> non-empty lists of characters, and the example you give can be fixed by
>> using the list ,'a' in place of the scalar 'a' :
>>
>>     k =: ( ([: +/ E.)>  )"1 0
>>
>>     'bc' k 'ab';'bc';'bcd';'ad';'a'
>> |rank error: k
>> |   'bc'    k'ab';'bc';'bcd';'ad';'a'
>>
>>     'bc' k 'ab';'bc';'bcd';'ad';,'a'
>> 0 1 1 0 0
>>
>>     $&.>  'ab';'bc';'bcd';'ad';'a'
>> +-+-+-+-++
>> |2|2|3|2||
>> +-+-+-+-++
>>     $&.>  'ab';'bc';'bcd';'ad';,'a'
>> +-+-+-+-+-+
>> |2|2|3|2|1|
>> +-+-+-+-+-+
>>     $&.>  ;:'ab bc bcd ad a'
>> +-+-+-+-+-+
>> |2|2|3|2|1|
>> +-+-+-+-+-+
>>
>> So using ;: is a good idea for not fussing with 'a' vs ,'a' .
>>
>>
>> On 11/12/2011 5:06 AM, Marc Simpson wrote:
>>> On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 2:13 AM, Kip Murray<[email protected]>    wrote:
>>
>>> Good stuff—but note that the following case is problematic,
>>>
>>>      'bc' k 'ab';'bc';'bcd';'ad';'a'
>>> |rank error: k
>>> |   'bc'    k'ab';'bc';'bcd';'ad';'a'
>>>
>>> In other words, padding with fill characters is a trade-off: on the
>>> one hand incorrect results are yielded for whitespace tests, on the
>>> other there are no length restrictions (length>= #x) placed on the
>>> boxed strings.
>>>
>>> When it's possible to use ;: as in Raul's example, the domain
>>> restriction and whitespace issues are resolved,
>>>
>>>      'bc' k ;:'ab bc bcd ad a'
>>> 0 1 1 0 0
>>>      '  ' k ;:'ab bc bcd ad a'
>>> 0 0 0 0 0
>>>
>>> -M
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