"3!:3" gives you the internal representation of the J noun, including all the header junk: it's not converting the decimal value to a hex value.
On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Jon Hough <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks. > I think those are the verbs defined here, right? > http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/elegant.htm > > So are you suggesting I do not use 3!:3? > > > Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 15:29:11 +0000 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Hexadecimal conversion > > > > In J8, there are profile entries: hfd and dfh. Its available in addons > for earlier versions. > > > > hfd 15 17 > > 0f > > 11 > > > > > > hfd 15 > > f > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Jon Hough <[email protected]> > > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Cc: > > Sent: Monday, December 1, 2014 10:24 AM > > Subject: [Jprogramming] Hexadecimal conversion > > > > I have been trying to understand the hex conversion 3!:3 > > (see : http://www.jsoftware.com/docs/help701/dictionary/dx003.htm ) > > > > but cannot understand what the result is. > > If I define > > > > tohex =: 3!:3 > > > > and I want to choose to represent my integer in standard byte order > hex, I can do: > > > > 0 tohex 15 > > which gives, > > e0000000 > > 00000004 > > 00000001 > > 00000000 > > 0000000f > > > > It seems what I want is in the last row (0000000f = 15). But what does > all the rest mean? > > 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 > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
