I'd do it like this:

*    a[⍳2],"www",a[4]*

But I don't think there's a "better" way.

Regards,
Elias

On 28 August 2015 at 10:17, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Bug APL,
>
> I find that I frequently will do this:
>       a←'alex'
>       a[3]←⊂'www'
> Which results in this:
>       a
> ┌→─────────┐
> │al ┌→──┐ x│
> │   │www│  │
> │   └───┘  │
> └∊─────────┘
>
> And then I will do this, because I want a character vector:
>
>       a←⊃,/a
>       a
> alwwwx
>
>
> So I guess more simply put. Is there a way to get from "alex" to "alwwwx"
> without the intermediary nested thing? Am I approaching this problem with
> the wrong functions?
>
> -Alex
>
>
>
>

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