--- Fraser Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Could you just explain what these two lines are actually doing: > > > > guidance 1!:2 (2) > > guidance is a noun - in this case a text with embedded line feeds
I believe part of confusion may rest in the rendering of the phrase above. Although 1!:2 is a dyadic verb, the rendering does not manifest this. Instead it suggests that (2) is a selected argument, whereas "guidance" may be a next verb in the pipeline. In such ambiguous situations it may be benefitial to show that both arguments of the dyad are equally marked, e.g. guidance (1!:2) 2 NB. good (guidance) 1!:2 (2) NB. less expected, but equal Or perhaps, it is even better to abstract out the dyadicity of 1!:2 into a monad 1!:2&2 guidance As monads are easier to comprehand. The same goes for object instantiations, 'pObj' conew~ params where we place the argument into monadic position. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
