Rob, Can you please send me the paper too? I would like to read it. Thanks in advance, Vijay.
On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 8:02 PM 'Rob Hodgkinson' via Programming < [email protected]> wrote: > Devon, my previous reply also brought to mind a very good example you > request below … > > In kdb+ the “table” datatype is built atop the “dictionary” data type… a > table may be perceived as a list of dictionaries (Key value pairs) that are > Columns/Values. I’ll send you a paper offline that shows this. > > Thanks, Regards Rob > > > On 19 Nov 2019, at 5:14 am, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I would like to see examples of where a dictionary would be the preferred > > way of dealing with some data. Does anyone know of any, not necessarily > in > > J, that are short and to the point? > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Vijay Lulla Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography, IUPUI 425 University Blvd, CA-207C. Indianapolis, IN-46202 [email protected] ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0823-2522 Online: http://vijaylulla.com | https://github.com/vlulla ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
