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G. Extended and Rational Arithmetic
Extended precision integer constants can be entered as a sequence of decimal digits terminated by an`x`. The monad`x:` applies to integers and produces extended integers. For example, the 2-element vector`1234x 56x` (or`1234 56x`) is equivalent to`x: 1234 56`. Various primitives produce extended results if the argument(s) are extended. Some functions`f` produce floating point (inexact) results on some extended arguments because the result is not integral; however,`<.@f` and`>.@f` produce extended integer results when applied to extended integer arguments. Comparisons involving extended integers are exact. For example:

       !40
    8.15915e47

       !40x
    815915283247897734345611269596115894272000000000

       */ x: >: i.40
    815915283247897734345611269596115894272000000000

       0j_25 ": ! 2000x * i. 5 1            Exponent format, 25 digits
      1.0000000000000000000000000e0
      3.3162750924506332411753934e5735
      1.8288019515140650133147432e12673
      2.6839997657267395961163166e20065
      5.1841810604808769398058198e27752

       ] r=: <.@%: 2 * 10 ^ 56x
    14142135623730950488016887242

       ,. *: r + _1 0 1
    199999999999999999999999999968972697904100132394908592081
    199999999999999999999999999997256969151562033370942366564
    200000000000000000000000000025541240399023934346976141049

Rational constants can be entered as the decimal digits of the numerator and denominator, separated by an`r` and preceded by an optional sign. Thus`3r4` is the rational number three-quarters and`_12r5` is negative 12 divided by 5. Rational numbers are stored and displayed in a standard form, with the numerator and denominator relatively prime and the denominator positive. Thus:

       1r2 _1r2 2r4 2r_4 _2r_4 0r9 5 _5
    1r2 _1r2 1r2 _1r2 1r2 0 5 _5

Various primitive functions produce (exact) rational results if the argument(s) are rational; non-rational functions produce (inexact) floating point or complex results when applied to rationals, if the function only has a limited number of rational arguments that produce rational results. (For example,`%:y` is rational if the atoms of`y` are perfect squares;`^0r1` is floating point.) The quotient of two extended integers is an extended integer (if evenly divisible) or rational (if not). Comparisons involving two rationals are non-tolerant (exact). Functions or operators that require integer arguments (such as the left arguments of`{ {. # $`) also accept rational arguments, if they are integers. Other dyadic functions (e.g. `+ - * % , = <`) convert their arguments to the same type, according to the following table:

         |  B  I  X  Q  D  Z
      ---+------------------
      B  |  B  I  X  Q  D  Z     B - boolean
      I  |  I  I  X  Q  D  Z     I - integer
      X  |  X  X  X  Q  D  Z     X - extended integer
      Q  |  Q  Q  Q  Q  D  Z     Q - rational
      D  |  D  D  D  D  D  Z     D - floating point
      Z  |  Z  Z  Z  Z  Z  Z     Z - complex

For example, in the expression`2.5+1r2`,`` the`1r2` is converted to`0.5` before being added to`2.5`,`` resulting in a floating point`3`.`` And in the expression`2+1r2`,`` the`2` is converted to`2r1` before being added to`1r2`,`` resulting in`5r2`.
In particular, a comparison involving a rational and a floating point number is tolerant, because the rational argument is first converted into a floating point number.
The verb`x:` (q.v.) produces rational approximations to non-rational arguments.

       2%3
    0.666667

       2%3x
    2r3

       (+%)/\10$1                           Floating point convergents to golden mean
    1 2 1.5 1.66667 1.6 1.625 1.61538 1.61905 1.61765 1.61818

       (+%)/\x: 10$1                        Rational versions of same
    1 2 3r2 5r3 8r5 13r8 21r13 34r21 55r34 89r55

       |: 2 x: (+%)/\x: 10$1
    1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89
    1 1 2 3 5  8 13 21 34 55

       (+%)/ 100$1r1
    573147844013817084101r354224848179261915075

       0j30 ": (+%)/100$1r1                 Display 30 decimal places
    1.618033988749894848204586834366

       H=: % @: >: @: (+/~) @: i. @ x:      Hilbert matrix of order n

       ] h=: H 6
      1 1r2 1r3 1r4  1r5  1r6
    1r2 1r3 1r4 1r5  1r6  1r7
    1r3 1r4 1r5 1r6  1r7  1r8
    1r4 1r5 1r6 1r7  1r8  1r9
    1r5 1r6 1r7 1r8  1r9 1r10
    1r6 1r7 1r8 1r9 1r10 1r11

       -/ .* h                              Determinant of h
    1r186313420339200000

       ~. q: % -/ .* h                      Unique prime factors of reciprocal of det
    2 3 5 7 11

       i.&.(p:^:_1) 2*6                     Primes less than 2*n
    2 3 5 7 11

       ^ 2r1                                ^y is floating point or complex
    7.38906

       %: 49r25                             %: on a rational perfect square is rational
    7r5

       %: 49r25 10r9
    1.4 1.05409

       %: _2r1
    0j1.41421

       1 = 1+10r1^_15                       Exact (rational) comparison
    0

       (1.5-0.5) = 1+10r1^_15               Tolerant (floating point) comparison
    1

       0.5 = 1r2
    1

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