If you read http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/d430.htm, the
right hand side of the definition (Infix), this example corresponds
to:

  x=: _2
  u=: ]
  y=: 0".jfromcb''

FYI,

-- 
Raul

On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Dr. Heinz Schild
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you for the very elegant formulation.
> However, why "_2" works as it does, I do not understand.
>
>
> Am 08.10.2012 um 20:10 schrieb Roger Hui <[email protected]>:
>
>> _2 ]\ 0".jfromcb '' may work, depending on your views on how an odd
>> number of input numbers should be handled.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Dr. Heinz Schild
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I want to read a list with coordinates (x, y) of unknown length from the 
>>> clipboard into an iPad and transform it into a table with 2 columns.  The 
>>> following line works:
>>> ((<.-:# Zi),2)$ Zi=. 0". jfromcb ''
>>> But is  there a better way using only a tacit formulation?
>>> Heinz
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