Linda, the first set of parentheses in takecut encloses a verb I'll name Sam. The [ and ] inside Sam refer to Sam's arguments, which may not be the same as the arguments to takecut.
Kip Murray Sent from my iPad On Sep 19, 2012, at 9:25 PM, "Linda Alvord" <lindaalv...@verizon.net> wrote: > Raul, What causes the problem when you replace [ with 2 3 1 1 and > ] by i.7 ? I thought it might work if I removed @ but it didn't help. > > takecut=: [ (*@[ #inv ] </.~ +/\@[ I. #\@])(+/@[ {. ]) > 2 3 1 1 takecut i.7 > ┌───┬─────┬─┬─┐ > │0 1│2 3 4│5│6│ > └───┴─────┴─┴─┘ > > 2 3 1 1 (*@ 2 3 1 1 #inv (i.7) </.~ +/\@2 3 1 1 I. #\@(i.7))(+/@ 2 3 1 1 {. > i.7) > |domain error > | 2 3 1 1(*@2 3 1 1#inv(i.7)</.~+/\@2 3 1 1 I.#\@(i.7))( +/@2 3 1 1{.i.7) > > Linda > > > -----Original Message----- > From: programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com > [mailto:programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Raul Miller > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:12 AM > To: programm...@jsoftware.com > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] cut y in segments of each size being x's items > > P.S. if you want to overtake (instead of length error when the right arg does > not contain enough elements): > > takecut=: [ (*@[ #inv ] </.~ +/\@[ I. #\@]) (+/@[ {. ]) > > -- > Raul > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:14 PM, June Kim (김창준) <junea...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> It's not so difficult. However, generalizing takecut into allowing 0 >>> as an item in x seems complicated. That is, >>> >>> 3 0 2 2 takecut i.7 >>> +-----++---+---+ >>> |0 1 2||3 4|5 6| >>> +-----++---+---+ >>> 0 0 4 3 0 takecut i.7 >>> +++-------+-----++ >>> |||0 1 2 3|4 5 6|| >>> +++-------+-----++ >>> >>> Any ideas for simple solutions? >> >> takecut=: *@[ #inv ] </.~ +/\@[ I. #\@] >> 0 0 3 3 0 2 takecut i. 7 >> ┌┬┬─────┬─────┬┬─┐ >> │││0 1 2│3 4 5││6│ >> └┴┴─────┴─────┴┴─┘ >> >> -- >> Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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