> I had always assumed that an adverb with its argument produced a verb, a > conjunction with one argument produced an adverb and a conjunction with two > arguments produced a verb. So I was surprised in this thread where an > adverb produced a noun. So I did a little experimenting and got the > following test.
av=:1 : 0 select. m case. 0 do. 123 NB. Return a noun case. 1 do. / NB. Return an adverb case. 2 do. &. NB. Return a conjunction case. do. + NB. Return a verb end. ) (0 av) 123 +(1 av)1 2 3 6 2+(2 av)^.3 6 3(3 av)4 7 1000(3 av)(1 av)(0 av) > 1123 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
