In my first post func2 should read gcp.
i.e.

fracs =. +/@:,@:(1r3&<*.1r2&>)@:(%~gcp"0)

> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 16:59:23 +0100
> Subject: [Jprogramming] Project Euler 73
> 
> Another Project Euler... (apologies)
> #73 http://projecteuler.net/problem=73
> I found this one more tricky than it first seems.
> My attempt fails. 
> My reasoning of solution. Trying to find all reduced fractions with 
> denominator and numerator in range 1... 12000 that are greater than 1/3 but 
> less than 1/2.The most naive way would be to make a 12000x12000 grid of 
> fractions, nubbing out duplicates. I tried this, and as I expected I ran out 
> of memory.
> One problem is duplicates. To get rid of duplicate fractions, for all y 
> <12000, I only want to check fractions with numerators x (i.e. fractions 
> xry), where x and y are coprime.(e.g so 1/2 will only be counted once, and 
> not 3/6, 4/8 etc)
> 
> My method:
> NB. check coprime
> 
> coprime =. =&0@:(+/)@:(e.&q:)
> 
> NB. get coprimes. (since index starts at zero, and we do not want to compare 
> with 0 or 1, we start at index 2
> NB. and then +2 to get the coprime number.
> gcp =. >:@: >:@:I.@: (coprime"(0 0))(}.@:>:@: i.)
> e.g. gcp 12 returns 5 7 11.
> Next,
> 
> NB. get fractions between 1/3 and 1/2
> fracs =. +/@:,@:(1r3&<*.1r2&>)@:(%~ func2"0)
> If I test for 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 to see how many fractions are between 1/3 and 
> 1/2I get
> fracs >: i.8
> 3
> This is the same value as shown on the question webpage for the value d=8.For 
> d = 12000if I run the verb, I get an out of memory error.Any ideas how to 
> proceed? I am wondering if my approach is salvageable, or I need to go back 
> to the drawing board.
> 
> 
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