Here's a version that works with duplicated values (except note that
there was no specification for what the behavior should be in this
case):
(,@(#~"0"1) (+.|.)@=)'abcde'
a e
b d
c
b d
a e
(,@(#~"0"1) (+.|.)@=)'abcdedcba'
a e a
b d d b
c c
b d d b
a e a
--
Raul
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Roger Hui <rogerhui.can...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The expression fails if the argument has duplicate items. e.g.
>
> ((+.|.)@={"0 1 ' '&,.)'aabbb'
> |length error
> | ((+.|.)@={"0 1' '&,.)'aabbb'
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 10:18 AM, bob therriault <bobtherria...@mac.com>wrote:
>
>> That is lovely Arie,
>>
>> It is that kind of elegance that I was chasing with my rougher attempts.
>>
>> Using the (+.|.) hook simplifies (|.+.]) precisely and the {" 0 1
>> combined with ' '&,. means that the selection of the string becomes a
>> choice in each row of displaying either the corresponding element of the
>> string or a blank.
>>
>> Cheers, bob
>>
>> On 2012-12-10, at 1:11 AM, Aai wrote:
>>
>> > ((+.|.)@={"0 1 ' '&,.)'abcde'
>>
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