TB=Terrence Brannon,RH=Roger Hui
TB> how might you create a single character string
TB> of these letters in alphabetical order?
The first 127 elements of primitive noun a. comprise the ASCII alphabet*.
Therefore, given:
TB> a-z are ascii 97 to 122
97 { a.
a
122 { a.
z
(97 + i. 1 + 122 - 97) { a.
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
TB> you can ignore the knowledge of the ascii range
TB> if there is something simple like 'a' .. 'z' in J.
There is. Re-read Roger's recent response to you; it contains a clue:
RH> _10 ]\ a.i.t
RH> 52 32 115 99 111 114 101 32 97 110
To be a bit more explicit:
a. i. 'a'
97
a. i. 'z'
122
'a' ([ + i.@:-.@:-)&:(a.&i.) 'z'
97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 ...
a. {~ 'a' ([ + i.@:-.@:-)&:(a.&i.) 'z'
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
'a' ([ + i.@:-.@:-)&.:(a.&i.) 'z'
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
([ + i.@:-.@:-)/&.:(a.&i.) 'az'
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
TB> I just want to get the job done.
Then why did you not just use 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' ?
-Dan
PS: Actually, the definition of a. says:
"a. is a list of the elements of the alphabet ...
The content of a. as well as the ordering of its elements
may differ on different computing systems."
http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dadot.htm
Which makes using the simple 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' an even more
compelling strategy.
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