[Jprogramming] Explicit-to-tacit query

[Randy MacDonald]

Hello Dan;

Ok, i. works on _items_... my APL bias is showing. Thanks.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Bron" <jf at dbron.net>
To: "Programming forum" <programming at jsoftware.com>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Explicit-to-tacit query


> Roger> If I were translating  (,x) i. y   I would have
> Roger> written  ,@[ i. ] .
>
> Randy>Why not:
> Randy>   ,i.]
>
> They're not the same thing:
>
>    a  =: ,   i. ]
>    b  =: ,@[ i. ]
>
>    (i. 2 3) a i. 6
> 2
>    (i. 2 3) b i. 6
> 0 1 2 3 4 5
>
>
> -Dan
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