Actually the conversion using &. wasn't required.

   (,.@]^:('.'e.[)(a.{~,,.~65 97+/i.26)&(1}.26{.[}.~[i.{.@])) 'B.'
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   (,.@]^:('.'e.[)(a.{~,,.~65 97+/i.26)&(1}.26{.[}.~[i.{.@])) 'j'
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   (,.@]^:('.'e.[)(a.{~,,.~65 97+/i.26)&(1}.26{.[}.~[i.{.@])) '['
                         
   #'(,.@]^:(''.''e.[)(a.{~,,.~65 97+/i.26)&(1}.26{.[}.~[i.{.@]))'
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Cheers, bob

On 2012-08-25, at 3:25 AM, Viktor Cerovski wrote:

> 
> 
> bob therriault-2 wrote:
>> 
>> Actual 66 character version after eliminating unnecessary conversions from
>> a. and back
>> 
>> (,.@]^:('.'e.[)(a{~(>:i.25)+(a=.a.{~,65 97+/26|i.51)i.{.)) ::(0$]) 'e.'
>> 
>> Surprisingly, removing assignments makes it one character longer
>> 
>> (,.@]^:('.'e.[)(a.{~,65 97+/26|i.51)&([{~(>:i.25)+[i.{.@])) ::(0$]) 'e'
>> 
> They can be of equal length if [i.{.@] is replaced by (i.{.) as in
> 
> (,.@]^:('.'e.[)(a.{~,65 97+/26|i.51)&([{~(>:i.25)+(i.{.))) ::(0$]) 'e'
> 
> which can be furthermore shortened by 2 characters by replacing
> 
>  ([{~(>:i.25)+[i.{.@])
> 
> with
> 
>  (25{.[|.~1+(i.{.))
> 
> giving  
> 
> (,.@]^:('.'e.[)(a.{~,65 97+/26|i.51)&(25{.[|.~1+(i.{.))) ::(0$]) 'e'
> 
> 
>> cheers, bob
>> 
>> On 2012-08-24, at 5:16 PM, bob therriault wrote:
>> 
>>> 67 characters with same issue that Raul mentions that argument would need
>>> to be quoted.
>>> 
>>> (,.@]^:('.'e.[)(a.{~a{~(>:i.25)+(a=.,65 97+/26|i.51)i.a.i.{.)) ::(0$])   
>>> 'f'
>>> 
>>> spaced below for legibility
>>> 
>>> (,.@]^:('.'e.[)              (a.{~a{~(>:i.25)+(a=.,65
>>> 97+/26|i.51)i.a.i.{.))     ::      (0$])
>>> decision output          generate  list                                     
>>>                          
>>> input error
>>> 
>>> cheers, bob
>>> 
>>> On 2012-08-24, at 12:16 PM, Raul Miller wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I'm not sure how to express that here.
>>>> 
>>>> Consider, for example:
>>>> ,.^:('.'e.t)s{ ::($:&}.)~n+1+{.t i.~s=:a.{~,65 97+/26|i.51[n=:i.25[t=.
>>>> 
>>>> Here, I need would need quotes around the argument.  And, it's still
>>>> 70 characters.
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> Raul
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Roger Hui <rogerhui.can...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I think it is customary to assume that the input is just an argument. 
>>>>> The
>>>>> q solution so assumes.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Roger Hui <rogerhui.can...@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/7036/print-custom-alphabet
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The gauntlet is thrown!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The best I can see, right now, is:
>>>>>> ,.^:('.'e.t)s{ ::($:&}.)~n+1+s i.{.t=.1!:1##s=:a.{~,65
>>>>>> 97+/26|i.51[n=:i.25
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> And this is 74 characters long -- 42% longer than another entry.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Note that I am using something like 9 characters for the action of
>>>>>> reading input, and another 10 to give an empty result in an adverse
>>>>>> case.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Raul
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