½ Shape of

One-argument form  See also two-argument form Reshape

Enquires about the shape of each dimension of the data in the right-hand argument. See also ¦ (depth) to enquire about the depth of an array.

             ½ 95 100 82 74 2        (A vector has 1 dimension, length.
       5                              This vector is 5 elements long.)

             ½ 'SEA SCOUT'           (Counting the space, this vector is
       9                              9 elements long)
             ½ 'SEA' 'SCOUT'         (Two element nested vector)
       2
             TABLE                   (A matrix has two dimensions, height,
       1 3 5 7 9                      which is the number of rows, and
       2 4 6 8 0                      width, which is the number of
       8 6 4 2 1                      columns)
             ½ TABLE
       3 5                           (This matrix has 3 rows and 5 columns)

             ½ 501                   (A single number or letter is like a
                                      point. It has no dimensions so ½
             ½½501                    displays no answer, i.e. It returns a
       0                              vector of size 0 - an empty vector. An empty
                                      vector, being a vector, has a size of 0)