Hmm... you're right.
And, simpler,
lessThan=: (~:/ * 0 1 -: /:)@,&<&,
That said, part of this is also that strings are implied to be rank 1
and not in-and-of themselves boxed, so, maybe:
lessThan=: (~:/ * 0 1 -: /:)@,&<&(,"1 L:0)
Thanks,
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Raul
On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 12:40 PM Henry Rich <henryhr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> grade would be faster than sort here I expect.
>
> Henry Rich
>
> On 3/13/2020 12:25 PM, Raul Miller wrote:
> > That's really a naming thing. It's testing for less than or equals.
> >
> > Your original version also had this character:
> >
> > 'test' ({.@:sort -: {.)@:; 'test'
> > 1
> >
> > But, yes, you can suppress the equality part with a further test.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
>
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