Thanks Don for the explanation. it is clear now to me.
On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 1:29 PM Don Guinn wrote:
> # means "count", not rank. It returns "3" because there are 3 items in the
> list.
>
> $$1 2 3
>
> 1
>
>
> Gives "1". $ produces a list of the dimensions of its argument which is the
> numb
# means "count", not rank. It returns "3" because there are 3 items in the
list.
$$1 2 3
1
Gives "1". $ produces a list of the dimensions of its argument which is the
number "3". There is only one number in the list giving the rank of the
argument.
On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 12:22 PM Leonardo San
I am just new to J, although this is the second attempt to learn the
language. As a introductory book, I started with 'the primer book', really
nice book and quite easy to follow. I am on page p66, where the rank term
is explained
"the rank of a noun is the count of its axes".
SO it is basica
