Second draft is a little cleaner since rank 1 reverse is not required as the 
matrix is still boolean at this point.

t=: (>:@i.@# * (|.+.])@:=){' ',] 
   t 'ab'
aa
bb
   t 'abcde'
a   a
 b b 
  c  
 d d 
e   e

Cheers, bob

On 2012-12-09, at 8:01 PM, bob therriault wrote:

> First draft looks like this.
> 
> (((>.|."1)@(*=)@:>:@i.@#){ ' ',])'abcde'
> a   a
> b b 
>  c  
> d d 
> e   e
>   (((>.|."1)@(*=)@:>:@i.@#){ ' ',])'ab'
> aa
> bb
> 
> One of the things that I like about J is the way it lets you build and test 
> your ideas as you go.  I look forward to more elegant solutions.
> 
> Cheers, bob
> 
> On 2012-12-09, at 6:42 PM, km wrote:
> 
>> Write verb cross.
>> 
>>   cross 'abcde'
>> a   a
>> b b 
>>  c  
>> d d 
>> e   e
>> 
>> (Result should look like a cross with 'abcde' along both diagonals.)
>> 
>>   cross 'a'
>> a
>>   cross 'ab'
>> aa
>> bb
>> 
>> Kip Murray
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