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== Examples == | == Examples == | ||
A long, slow way to write `!10`: | |||
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×/⍳10 | |||
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=== Reduction and scan === | === Reduction and scan === | ||
[[Reduction]] with Product gives | [[Reduction]] with Product gives the product of the whole list. | ||
== External links == | == External links == |
Revision as of 07:28, 26 April 2020
- This page describes the dyadic arithmetic function. For sign of a single argument, see Signum.
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Product (×
), Times, or Multiplication is a dyadic scalar function which gives the arithmetic product of its arguments. Subtract shares the glyph ×
with the monadic arithmetic function Signum, and its result is the left argument times the right argument.
Examples
A long, slow way to write `!10`:
×/⍳10
Properties
Subtraction is commutative: swapping the arguments don't affect the result, e.g. using Commute, *⍨
.
Reduction and scan
Reduction with Product gives the product of the whole list.