I'm trying to solve the AdventOfCode puzzles, but at least half of my time I
spend on troubles with J.
Mostly I make mistakes, because the rules of J are less intuitive then I
presumed, but there is also inexplicable behavior, so in the end, J remains a
black box for me.
t
3 1 4 1 2 1 1 8 8 3 6 7 3 3 4 3 6 4 2 1 8 2 7 7
_6 _8 _5 _8 _7 _8 _8 _1 _1 _6 _3 _2 _6 _6 _5 _6 _3 _5 _7 _8 _1 _7 _2 _2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
({:} }:)t
|domain error
| ({:}}:)t
obviously }} is interpreted as part of a direct definition, red in JQT, despite
my blank.
(}:}~ {:) t
|domain error
| (}:}~{:)t
black box in optima forma.
Fortunately, as NUVOC mentions, } is a replacement of ( {"0 1&.|: ).
But it cost me too much time, reason to timebox my efforts for AOC.
R.E. Boss
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