I would be tempted to go with

dedouble=: #!.'X'~ 1 j. #{.}.=}:

But I do not understand why the double O in your second example does
not get an X inserted. So maybe I am missing something.

I hope this helps,

-- 
Raul

On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 11:02 PM Ric Sherlock <tikk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I need to separate any digraphs in a string, that consist of 2 letters the
> same, by inserting an 'X' between them.
>    _2 ]\ 'THEEQUICKBROWFFOX'
> TH
> EE
> QU
> IC
> KB
> RO
> WF
> FO
> X
>
> 'EE' is a digraph that needs an 'X' inserted. Doing so will result in:
>
> TH
> EX
> EQ
> UI
> CK
> BR
> OW
> FF
> OX
>
> So now we also need to separate the 'FF' digraph.
>
> I want to define a verb "dedouble" that will process a string so:
>    dedouble 'THEEQUICKBROWFFOX'
> THEXEQUICKBROWFXFOX
> But:
>    dedouble 'THEEQUICKBROWFOOX'
> THEXEQUICKBROWFOOX
>
> I have implemented a solution at
> https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Playfair_cipher#J but am interested in
> alternative implementations.
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