[Jprogramming] Problem with }

Shaw, Ewart Ewart.Shaw at warwick.ac.uk
Wed Dec 14 20:48:33 HKT 2011


D'oh!  Many thanks Dan - and for the solution.
Regards, Ewart Shaw

> The issue is that } is an adverb.
>
> So, even though V0 } V1 looks like a verb train, it's actually a hook, parsed as (V0}) V1 , 
> which doesn't do what you want.
> 
> You're looking for (OLD&=)`(,:&NEW) }  .  This is one of my very favorite J phrases.
> 
> -Dan

J.E.H.Shaw      http://www.warwick.ac.uk/statsdept 



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