Found it in the Primer. Sentence
A sentence is a group of words that form a complete instruction. Unlike English sentences, J sentences do not end with a period or other punctuation <file:///C:/j602/help/index/p.htm#punctuation> mark. Instead a J sentence is usually a complete line. > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 7:01 AM, David Vaughan < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Hmm, this is contrary to examples I have seen. Is it new in the language? >> In the language references, for example in re !: section, it says to do this >> for execution time: >> 6!:2 y >> It doesn't say you need the single quotes. An I missing something or do >> the help pages need updating? >> >> Thanks for your help. >> ___________________________ >> >> David Vaughan >> >> On 6 Jul 2011, at 13:29, Don Guinn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Monadic ;: takes literal arguments. Convert the results to character. >> > ;: ": 1 2 3 + 4 5 6 >> > +-----+ >> > |5 7 9| >> > +-----+ >> > >> > It boxes J words or tokens, close, but not quite English words. In this >> case >> > "1 2 3" is a single word in J. >> > ;: 'The result is ' , ": 1 2 3 + 4 5 6 >> > +---+------+--+-----+ >> > |The|result|is|5 7 9| >> > +---+------+--+-----+ >> > >> > 6!:2 executes literals. Put the calculation in quotes. >> > 6!:2 'p:1000000' >> > 0.000152044 >> > >> > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 4:10 AM, David Vaughan >> > <[email protected]>wrote: >> > >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I'm new to J and just installed the 7.01 64-bit MAC version, and a lot >> of >> >> commands are working, but some are giving me domain errors, even though >> I'm >> >> copying the sentences from one of the books. >> >> >> >> Some examples that give me a domain error: >> >> ;: 1 2 3 + 4 5 6 >> >> >> >> As I understand it, that should put all the words into boxes. >> >> >> >> Another example is the time stuff: >> >> 6!:2 p:1000000 >> >> >> >> Do I need to change some paths of things, or is my install corrupt/this >> >> particular version broken? >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> ___________________________ >> >> >> >> David Vaughan >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
