Which presumably implies that the specifications and claims regarding all verbs in the vocabulary are, unless otherwise stated, only in terms of their corresponding intrinsic ranks (because the extension to arguments of higher rank occurs systematically). In other words, my guess was right and, in hindsight, the Dictionary is perhaps just a little bit too terse (for my taste).
On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 4:07 PM, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > Definitely worth reading http://www.jsoftware.com/help/ > dictionary/dictb.htm > > Especially this part: "Finally, each verb has three intrinsic ranks: > monadic, left, and right. The definition of any verb need specify only > its behaviour on cells of the intrinsic ranks, and the extension to > arguments of higher rank occurs systematically." > > (But the rest can be significant, also.) > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > > > On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Brian Schott <schott.br...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Nevermind, I see that my suggestion does not help. > > > > On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 3:57 PM, Brian Schott <schott.br...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Wouldn't the "issue" be documented better if instead of saying > >> > >> The shape of i.y is |y > >> > >> it said > >> > >> The shape of i.y is |"i. y > >> > >> > >> |"i.]2 2 $ 1 2 3 4 > >> 1 2 > >> 3 4 > >> > >> > >> > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
