f=. 13 : ''' '' (I.(25{a.)=> ( ,1 1}._1 _1}.": ;:y)) } >  ,1 1}._1 _1}.": ;:y'
   f'alpha bravo charlie'
alpha bravo charlie


2012/1/3 Linda Alvord <lindaalv...@verizon.net>

> The example here replaces the space between words with |
>
> Z=: ;:'alpha bravo charlie'
>   Z
> ┌─────┬─────┬───────┐
> │alpha│bravo│charlie│
> └─────┴─────┴───────┘
>   b2o=: [:}. [: ; ' ' ,&.> ]
>   b2o
> [: }. [: ; ' ' ,&.> ]
>
>  $b2o Z
> alpha bravo charlie
>   $b2o Z
> 19
>    _1 _1}.":Z
> ┌─────┬─────┬───────
> │alpha│bravo│charlie
>
>  ,1 1}._1 _1}.":Z
> alpha│bravo│charlie
>
>    $,1 1}._1 _1}.":Z
>
> This doesn't remove the  |  between words.  However it is interesting
> because it illustrates how the boxes are constructed!
>
> Linda
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: programming-boun...@jsoftware.com [mailto:
> programming-boun...@jsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Raul Miller
> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 11:26 AM
> To: Programming forum
> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Linking boxed strings with intervening spaces
>
> The initial transcript should have been:
>
>   Z=: ;:'alpha bravo charlie'
>
>   ;:inv Z
> alpha bravo charlie
>
>   }.;' ';"1,.Z
> alpha bravo charlie
>
>   9!:7]11#' '
>
>   ,1 1}._1 _1}.":Z
> alpha bravo charlie
>
> My gmail induced formatting errors are seriously making me reluctant
> to use email.
>
> --
> Raul
>
> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >   Z=: ;:'alpha bravo charlie'
> >    ;:inv Zalpha bravo charlie   }.;' ';"1,.Z
> > alpha bravo charlie
> >   9!:7]11#' '
> >   ,1 1}._1 _1}.":Z
> > alpha bravo charlie
> >
> > I think ;:inv is the closest you are going to get to a single
> > primitive version.  There are probably too many worthwhile
> > possibilities for alternatives (newlines should terminate, commas
> > should separate, bullets should prefix, ...) for other the
> > alternatives to be single-primitive
> >
> > That said, I do wish that L: would turn constants into verbs the same
> > way that "_ does:
> >
> >   ;}.,', ';"1 ,.Z
> > alpha, bravo, charlie
> >   ;}.,(,.~ 1 |.!.(<' and ') ', '"_ L:0) Z
> > alpha, bravo and charlie
> >
> >
> > --
> > Raul
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Ian Clark <earthspo...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Suppose z is boxed strings, eg  z=: ;: 'alpha bravo charlie'
> >>
> >> I half-recall there's a neater (single-primitive) way to recover the
> >> string 'alpha bravo charlie' from z than:
> >>
> >>   b2o=: [: }. [: ; ' ' ,&.> ]
> >>   b2o z
> >> alpha bravo charlie
> >>
> >> but I've forgotten what it is and can't seem to find it in Voc or Dic.
> >>
> >> On the page for "Raze" (;) the Dictionary says archly:
> >>   The fit conjunction (;!.f) provides fill specified by the atom f
> >> but AFAICS (;!.' ')z is the same as ;z , viz: 'alphabravocharlie' .
> >>
> >> Nor incidentally is (;) listed as such on the page for "Fit" (!.) .
> >>
> >> I observe however that:
> >>   ;:inv z
> >> alpha bravo charlie
> >>
> >> But what's in my mind is a way of interleaving some other letter, or 2
> >> spaces, or comma-space, etc.
> >>
> >> BTW timer (6!:2) tells me that ;:inv is slower than b2o .
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