Linda Alvord wrote:
This sequence has a few problems:

A=. ? (2$n)$2          NB. generate random matrix of [0,1]
A=. A *. (i.n) </ i.n  NB. make it upper diagonal, zeros on diagonal
] A=. A + |: 2*A       NB. make it symmetrix referencing transpose in C.

All the ideas you used are correct. Maybe something like this is simpler:

    f=: 13 :'(i.y)</i.y'
   (f n)+|:2*f n=:4
0 1 1 1
2 0 1 1
2 2 0 1
2 2 2 0

Linda

I have no idea where this fits in the scheme of sudoku solvers, but the repeated use of "i. y" in 
your definition of "f" seems awkward, and the repeated use of "f n" in your last 
statement seems awkward.  An alternative to duplicating an expression is to evaluate it once and use it as an 
argument to a monadic fork or hook, since those implicitly reference their right argument for both the left 
and right verbs.  So you could write

      NB. The hook references  i. y  twice.
      upperRightOnes=: 13 : '(</ ]) i. y'
      upperRightOnes 4
   0 1 1 1
   0 0 1 1
   0 0 0 1
   0 0 0 0

      NB. The outer fork references  upperRightOnes y  twice.
      upperRightOnesLowerLeftTwos=: 13 : '(] + ([: |: (2&*))) upperRightOnes y'
      upperRightOnesLowerLeftTwos 4
   0 1 1 1
   2 0 1 1
   2 2 0 1
   2 2 2 0

I am a total novice at J, so you can ignore my observations on programming 
style.

                        ... peter

P.S. I can't believe that I'm actually advocating the use of a monadic hook, 
since they are among the things I find most confusing, because of their 
asymmetry.  If you have trouble reading the hook, you can rewrite it as a 
monadic fork

      upperRightOnesFork=: 13 : '([ </ ]) (i. y)'
      upperRightOnesFork 4
   0 1 1 1
   0 0 1 1
   0 0 0 1
   0 0 0 0

which seems sort of redundant with the definition of hook[1].  The use of "[" instead of 
"]" for the left verb of the fork is due to Raul Miller[2], and serves to remind us to 
think about what this verb would mean if used as a dyad.

[1] http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dictf.htm
[2] http://jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2012-August/028995.html
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