Maybe "reading order"? Left-to-right, top-to-bottom as displayed by J. It's probably worth noting for those looking for more specificity that (,) is equivalent to (,/^:_), at least if the rank is greater than zero.
Marshall On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 06:58:09PM -0500, Henry Rich wrote: > You're right... > > Now, how would you describe the order? Would 'index order" be > enough? The Dictionary says "normal order" and then goes on to > define it. I have looked for years for the right words. It has to > be short and intuitive - not a mathematical definition. > > How about "in the order in which they appear in y"? > > Henry Rich > > On 3/10/2016 6:30 PM, Nicholas Spies wrote: > >This is perhaps a quibble, but... > > > >Looking at the NuVoc definition of , y Ravel > > > >The following statement and the example directly below it... > >-------- > >Produces a list <http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/AET#List> > >containing all the atoms > ><http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/AET#Atom> in y, in order. > > > >An atom <http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/AET#Atom> is converted > >to a 1-atom list <http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/AET#List>, a > >list <http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/AET#List> is left > >unchanged, and any noun <http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/AET#Noun> > >of higher rank <http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/AET#Rank> is > >flattened into a list <http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/AET#List> > > > > ]z=: 0 10 20 +/ i. NB. sample noun > > 0 1 2 3 4 > >10 11 12 13 14 > >20 21 22 23 24 > > > > ,z > >0 1 2 3 4 10 11 12 13 14 20 21 22 23 24 > >------------------- > > > >...and also... > > > > ,'ace',.'bdf' > > > >abcdef > > > > > >...give the first impression that Ravel puts the items into lexical order, > > > >which is misleading, as shown by the example 2 under Common Uses: > > > > > >]a =: 4 4 ?@$ 100 > > > >89 91 1 24 > > > >88 43 43 32 > > > >85 84 27 31 > > > >10 11 49 90 > > > >+/ 50 < , a > > > >6 > > > >,a > > > >89 91 1 24 88 43 43 32 85 84 27 31 10 11 49 90 > > > > > >Since NuVoc is targeting new users, the 'in order' statement should. IMHO, > >specify explicitly the order as being <whatever description is appropriate>. > > > > > >Nick > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 5:48 PM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> > >wrote: > > > >> ,'ace',.'bdf' > >>abcdef > >> 'ace',@,.'bdf' > >>abcdef > >> > >> > >>On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 2:47 PM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> > >>wrote: > >> > >>> ,|:'ace',:'bdf' > >>>abcdef > >>> 'ace'([: , |:@,:)'bdf' > >>>abcdef > >>> > >>> > >>>On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 2:42 PM, Kip Murray <[email protected]> > >>>wrote: > >>> > >>>>A quickie -- how do you interweave two equal-length lists, so that > >>>> > >>>> 'ace' itw 'bdf' > >>>>abcdef > >>>> > >>>>--Kip Murray > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>-- > >>>>Sent from Gmail Mobile > >>>>---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
