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| author | Marshall Lochbaum <mwlochbaum@gmail.com> | 2021-11-12 22:15:44 -0500 |
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| committer | Marshall Lochbaum <mwlochbaum@gmail.com> | 2021-11-12 22:15:44 -0500 |
| commit | 59ab5338d4e23eb108a43f876aa979238ae2490e (patch) | |
| tree | 616acd22834a1aa42b030a0a28e024df43683dd8 /doc/transpose.md | |
| parent | 3a5c72c7a3457560be2ca4a837eb5491e5b9e8b6 (diff) | |
Slightly less APL-centric documentation
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diff --git a/doc/transpose.md b/doc/transpose.md index d7718b5e..64d1cbe2 100644 --- a/doc/transpose.md +++ b/doc/transpose.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ # Transpose -Transpose (`⍉`) is a tool for rearranging the axes of an array. BQN's version is tweaked relative to APL to align better with the leading axis model and make common operations easier. +Transpose (`⍉`) is a tool for rearranging the axes of an array `𝕩`. Without a left argument, it moves the first axis to the end, while a left argument can specify an arbitrary rearrangement. Both cases are tweaked relative to APL to align better with the [leading axis](leading.md) model and make common operations easier. ## Transpose basics @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Since this kind of rearrangement can be counterintuitive, it's often easier to u ≢ 1‿3‿2‿0‿4 ⍉⁼ a23456 -So far, all like APL. BQN makes one little extension, which is to allow only some axes to be specified. Then `𝕨` will be matched up with [leading axes](leading.md) of `𝕩`. Those axes are moved according to `𝕨`, and remaining axes are placed in order into the gaps between them. +BQN makes one further extension, which is to allow only some axes to be specified (this is the only difference in dyadic `⍉` relative to APL). Then `𝕨` will be matched up with [leading axes](leading.md) of `𝕩`. Those axes are moved according to `𝕨`, and remaining axes are placed in order into the gaps between them. ≢ 0‿2‿4 ⍉ a23456 |