This one is short at length 52 or 53 with the period added . It seems to meet all requirements including ending with the required character.
|:1j1#1|."1((i.~|.e.#])26{.a.}.~98-33^96>a.i.])"0'j' k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z a b c d e f g h i j |:1j1#1|."1((i.~|.e.#])26{.a.}.~98-33^96>a.i.])"0'J.' K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A B C D E F G H I J Cheers Robert Cyr On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 5:47 AM, R.E. Boss <r.e.b...@planet.nl> wrote: > > Van: programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com [mailto: > programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com] Namens Raul Miller > > Verzonden: woensdag 29 augustus 2012 1:17 > > > > One interesting issue, here, is that the concise expression in J is > > not because J was specifically optimized for this task, but because J > > has so many expressions which can be used for this task. > > Is this a blessing or a curse? > > > > But some people had expressed confusion, about how to read one of my > drafts: > > > > f=:[:|:((i.|.-.)~(a.{~65 97+/i.26)&(*@#.@e.,@#[))"0 > > > > So I thought I'd spend a few moments going over its grammar. This may > > feel tedious if you have already figured out how that sentence works. > > > (...) > > Perhaps this could be transformed in an essay on Wiki, together with the > description of the other ideas. > > > R.E. Boss > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm