Decimal Ranges - mkarray

Create arrays of decimal integers

Description

This document describes how to create arrays of decimals using mkarray (a et al).

Please refer to a (mkarray) for more detailed usage of mkarray.

Usage

a: [start..end] -> `<stdout>`
a: [start..end,start..end] -> `<stdout>`
a: [start..end][start..end] -> `<stdout>`

All usages also work with ja and ta as well, eg:

ja: [start..end] -> `<stdout>`
ta: data-type [start..end] -> `<stdout>`

You can also inline arrays with the %[] syntax, eg:

%[start..end]

Examples

» a: [1..3]
1
2
3

» a: [3..1]
3
2
1

» a: [01..03]
01
02
03

Detail

Floating Point Numbers

If you do need a range of fixed floating point numbers generated then you can do so by merging two decimal integer ranges together. For example

» a [0..5].[0..9]
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
...
4.8
4.9
5.0
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.9

Everything Is A String

Please note that all arrays are created as strings. Even when using typed arrays such as JSON (ja).

» ja [0..5]
[
    "0",
    "1",
    "2",
    "3",
    "4",
    "5"
]

See Also

• Character arrays: Making character arrays (a to z)
• Non-Decimal Ranges: Create arrays of integers from non-decimal number bases
• [[ (element): Outputs an element from a nested structure
• [ (index): Outputs an element from an array, map or table
• [ (range) : Outputs a ranged subset of data from STDIN
• a (mkarray): A sophisticated yet simple way to build an array or list
• count: Count items in a map, list or array
• ja (mkarray): A sophisticated yet simply way to build a JSON array
• ta (mkarray): A sophisticated yet simple way to build an array of a user defined data-type