Where is SumOfFact these days? Linda
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Bron Sent: Friday, September 05, 2014 10:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] repeated applications of a verb If we're allowed to re-arrange the words, there are exactly 10 ways to produce the same result: +/ (-:"1 {.)@:(". ::_:"".) (A.~ i.@:!@:#)&.;: 'SumOfFact^:3 (169)' 10 HINT: There's something special about the results of this particular sentence, so you may not agree with all the "equivalent" sentences. -Dan Spoilers in 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 (#~ (-:"1 {.)@:(". ::_:"".)) (A.~ i.@:!@:#)&.;: Q SumOfFact ^: 3 ( 169 ) SumOfFact ^: ( 3 ) 169 SumOfFact ^: ( 169 ) 3 SumOfFact ^: 169 ( 3 ) SumOfFact ( ^: 3 ) 169 SumOfFact ( ^: 169 ) 3 3 ( SumOfFact ^: ) 169 ( SumOfFact ^: 3 ) 169 ( SumOfFact ^: 169 ) 3 169 ( SumOfFact ^: ) 3 ----- Original Message --------------- Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] repeated applications of a verb From: Raul Miller <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 21:40:47 -0400 To: Programming forum <[email protected]> There's at least two other ways of doing it, if you allow the words to be reordered. Thanks, -- Raul On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 8:37 PM, Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > The line is: > > SumOfFact^:3 169 > > Using a single pair of parentheses, separating the 3 and the 169 requires > placing at least one of the characters between the 3 and the 169. > > If you place both between 3 and 169, either order )( or () produces a > syntax error. > > So you must place either the left or the right parenthesis there but not > both. > > If the left, the only place to put the right is after the 169. > > If the right, there are only 3 words to the left of the added character > (SumOfFact, ^:, and 3). The lparen can be placed before any of those words. > > Total, 4 cases. > > Henry Rich > > (I write this in the full expectation that I am wrong, but I can do no > other) > > On 9/4/2014 8:00 PM, Raul Miller wrote: > >> Correction: >> >> I see five different ways of using a single pair of parenthesis to >> separate >> the 3 and the 169. >> >> (I believed there was a fifth way but I needed to eat breakfast before I >> could think clearly enough to see it.) >> >> Can you find them all? >> >> Thanks, >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
