Or better, '' ($ ,) data
(special code) Henry Rich On 3/29/2012 6:46 AM, Simon Barker wrote: > The old APL idiom was > > '' {reshape} data > > which translates as > > '' $ , data > > In J. > > -----Original Message----- > From: programming-boun...@jsoftware.com > [mailto:programming-boun...@jsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Linda Alvord > Sent: 29 March 2012 09:20 > To: 'Programming forum' > Subject: [Jprogramming] one element list of an integer to an atom > > a=:1$3 > a > 3 > 3= 2 3 5 3 4 > 0 1 0 1 0 > a= 2 3 5 3 4 > |length error > | a =2 3 5 3 4 > > ".a > |domain error > | ".a > a+5 > 8 > > Clearly, a is numeric. How can I change a to a numeric atom 3 , rather > than a one element list 3 ? > > I need to find where the 3's are in a list. The result of executing some > expression has produced a one item list of a 3 . > > I think I may have known how in APL once upon a time. > > Linda > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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