Is it possible to define unary operators that act from the right? For example, typically ! is placed on the right for factorial like 5!. Specifically, I’d like to define some operation like xˡ and xʳ or alternatively x^l and x^r. If that’s not possible, how can I define it in the same way as + an…

The only unary operators in Julia are <: >: + - ! ~ ¬ √ ∛ ∜, all of which are parsed as acting from the left. Edit: plus ' and .', of course, which are postfix operators. You can’t define arbitrary new symbols as unary operators, only use/extend/redefine those that are already parsed that way. (N…

And superscripts, in particular, are too useful as part of identifiers to give them up for operators. But note that in 0.7 you can add superscripts to operators, e.g. you can define an operator +ʳ.

Note for those finding this later: To overload the postfix operator ', you can import adjoint from LinearAlgebra, and overload the adjoint function. It appears that the postfix operator ' always points to whatever is the definition of adjoint, including any overloads. For example, this approach is…

Right-handed unary operator?

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cstjean October 6, 2017, 11:34am 4

I too would love to have more unary operators.

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Right-handed unary operator?

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