Ric Sherlock wrote: > If open by itself gives you > >tstbtxt=: 8!:0 tstb > 5 > 2 > 3 > > 1 > 9 > 4 > > 8 > 6 > 7
Yes, it did. > Then your data are probably literals. Yes, I discovered that (after emailing) when I tried ;tstbtxt . > In that case you could convert them to numeric first before unboxing. > > _99". each tstbtxt > 5 2 3 > 1 9 4 > 8 6 7 I had experimentally come up with ". > tstbtxt . Is > _99". each tstbtxt equivalent to _99". > tstbtxt , or are there subtleties involved that make them close but not exactly equivalent? Subsequently, you changed > _99". each tstbtxt to _99". every tstbtxt . What's the difference between "each" and "every"? Thanks in advance! Harvey ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
