I think I'd work through the books and the labs to find out more about provided functions that are not yet detailed in the wiki. (The wiki is an ongoing project.)
http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Books/Beginners http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Books http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/vocabul.htm (top nav) http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Labs/Index Thanks, -- Raul On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 12:33 PM, Andrew Dabrowski <[email protected]> wrote: > I used > > randel =: (? @: #) { ] > > Your definition > > rand =: randel bind l > > does indeed work. I didn't know there was another bind op besides &, which > I now note is actually "bond". > > How can I learn more about functions like bind that aren't on NuVoc? > > > On 11/27/2017 12:09 PM, Raul Miller wrote: >> >> It's all about tradeoffs. > > Of course. Before investing months or years in J I want to believe it makes > the right trade-offs. J seems like it might make a great scripting > language, but some of the design decisions worry me: it seems to have been > intended for serious coding, which hobbles it for light scripting. > > When I find that I can't define a simple nullary function to produce a > random value, I worry about what other unpleasant surprises might be down > the pike. > >> >> Also, you did not provide a definition nor any examples for randel, >> but I suspect that (rand =: randel bind l) will do what you are asking >> for. >> >> Good luck, >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
