This seems like it would get more responses in the programming forum, but you can also use gerund operands to &. and select which argument you want to process.
names=:'Aileen';'Brittney';'Gail';'Fiona' 'Mrs. ' ,&.(a:`>) names ┌───────────┬─────────────┬─────────┬──────────┐ │Mrs. Aileen│Mrs. Brittney│Mrs. Gail│Mrs. Fiona│ └───────────┴─────────────┴─────────┴──────────┘ > On Dec 15, 2023, at 22:57, Paul Jackson <plj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Try > > (<'Mrs. ') ,&.> names > +-----------+-------------+---------+----------+ > |Mrs. Aileen|Mrs. Brittney|Mrs. Gail|Mrs. Fiona| > +-----------+-------------+---------+----------+ > > Or, if you like avoiding parentheses > > names ,~&.> <'Mrs. ' > +-----------+-------------+---------+----------+ > |Mrs. Aileen|Mrs. Brittney|Mrs. Gail|Mrs. Fiona| > +-----------+-------------+---------+----------+ > > > On Fri, Dec 15, 2023, 10:50 PM Sanju Dutt <dutt...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> names=:'Aileen';'Brittney';'Gail';'Fiona' >> >> names >> >> ┌──────┬────────┬────┬─────┐ >> >> │Aileen│Brittney│Gail│Fiona│ >> >> └──────┴────────┴────┴─────┘ >> >> 'Mrs. ' "0&names >> >> >> I tried different approaches. I want to prefix 'Mrs.' to each name. >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm