For the ordering used in sorting, what you want is the symbol denoted by ≺ "curly less than" U+227A or ≼ "curly less than equal" U+227C in conventional mathematical notation, with infinite dyadic ranks. It's not enough to make < or <: work on characters because those functions have 0 dyadic rank.
≼ ←→ 0 1 -: /:@,&< f=: 0 1 -: /:@,&< 'foo' f 'upon' 1 'syzygy' f 'chthonic' 0 'pi' f 3.14159 0 On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 5:10 PM Jimmy Gauvin <jimmy.gau...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > 'c' < 'b' doesn't work in APL either but 'c'='d' works in J and in APL. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
