I was limiting myself to sentences where I could plug in other numbers and expect consistent results.
So that would exclude some of your possibilities. So here's five: SumOfFact^:3 (169) SumOfFact^:(3) 169 SumOfFact(^:3) 169 (SumOfFact^:3) 169 3 (SumOfFact^:) 169 These all give consistent results if, for example, we replace 169 with 4. I thought I had a sixth variant, but I'm drawing a blank right now. I don't remember what I was thinking. Thanks, -- Raul On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Dan Bron <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
