The first 2 of the list have no rank. $ each words
$ each words ┌┬┬─┬─┬─┬─┐ │││3│3│4│4│ └┴┴─┴─┴─┴─┘ words =: (1$'a');(1$'z');'zza';'abc';'zabc';’abbb' $ each words ┌─┬─┬─┬─┬─┬─┐ │1│1│3│3│4│4│ └─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┘ sort words ┌─┬────┬───┬─┬────┬───┐ │a│abbb│abc│z│zabc│zza│ └─┴────┴───┴─┴────┴───┘ Above if I give everything a 1 dimensional rank it works as you would expect. Single letter in quotes is not a string It happens with single numbers as well: b =:1 $b No output back Tom McGuire > On Mar 13, 2020, at 1:19 AM, 'Jon Hough' via Programming > <programm...@jsoftware.com> wrote: > > words =: 'a';'z';'zza';'abc';'zabc';'abbb' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
