cmat ← {h v t←⍬ ⍬ 0} ##.box text            ⍝ Box the simple text array ⍵.

From Veli-Matti Jantunen, [box] applies borders and horizontal and vertical div-
iders to simple character matrix [text].

Optional  left  argument  (default ⍬ ⍬ 0) determines whether to draw borders and
where to draw dividers.

 ⍺: [1] = horizontal lines
    [2] = vertical lines

An optional 3rd item specifies line type:

    [3] = type: 0 = box drawing chars, 1 = raw boxing

For example:

      box 6 10⍴⎕a           ⍝ Borders but no dividers, by default.
┌──────────┐
│ABCDEFGHIJ│
│KLMNOPQRST│
│UVWXYZABCD│
│EFGHIJKLMN│
│OPQRSTUVWX│
│YZABCDEFGH│
└──────────┘

       ┌──────────────────── Horizontal dividers after 2nd and 4th row.
       │    ┌─────────────── Vertical dividers after 3rd, 6th and 7th column.
       │    │
      (2 4)(3 6 7)box 6 10⍴⎕a
┌───┬───┬─┬───┐
│ABC│DEF│G│HIJ│
│KLM│NOP│Q│RST│
├───┼───┼─┼───┤
│UVW│XYZ│A│BCD│
│EFG│HIJ│K│LMN│
├───┼───┼─┼───┤
│OPQ│RST│U│VWX│
│YZA│BCD│E│FGH│
└───┴───┴─┴───┘

      ┌───────────────────── No horizontal dividers.
      │  ┌────────────────── Vertical dividers after each column.
      │  │
      ⍬(⍳5) box 5 5⍴⎕a
┌─┬─┬─┬─┬─┐
│A│B│C│D│E│
│F│G│H│I│J│
│K│L│M│N│O│
│P│Q│R│S│T│
│U│V│W│X│Y│
└─┴─┴─┴─┴─┘

The  horizontal  or  vertical  border may be switched off by prefixing ¯1 to the
first or second control item, respectively.

       ┌──────────────────── Horizontal dividers after 2nd and 3rd rows.
       │    ┌─────────────── Vertical dividers after 1st and 4th cols.
       │    │
      (2 3)(1 4) box 5 5⍴⎕a
┌─┬───┬─┐
│A│BCD│E│
│F│GHI│J│
├─┼───┼─┤
│K│LMN│O│
├─┼───┼─┤
│P│QRS│T│
│U│VWX│Y│
└─┴───┴─┘

        ┌─────────────────── Same again but with no horizontal border.
        │
      (¯1 2 3)(1 4) box 5 5⍴⎕a
│A│BCD│E│
│F│GHI│J│
├─┼───┼─┤
│K│LMN│O│
├─┼───┼─┤
│P│QRS│T│
│U│VWX│Y│

             ┌────────────── Same again but with no vertical border.
             │
      (2 3)(¯1 1 4) box 5 5⍴⎕a
─┬───┬─
A│BCD│E
F│GHI│J
─┼───┼─
K│LMN│O
─┼───┼─
P│QRS│T
U│VWX│Y
─┴───┴─

        ┌───────┬─────────── Same again but with no borders.
        │       │
      (¯1 2 3)(¯1 1 4) box 5 5⍴⎕a
A│BCD│E
F│GHI│J
─┼───┼─
K│LMN│O
─┼───┼─
P│QRS│T
U│VWX│Y

A divider index of 0 or the number of rows or columns is interpreted as specify-
ing the border and so overrides a ¯1 border supressor.

       ┌──────────────────── Dividers after 1st and 2nd row.
       │
      (1 2)⍬ box 3 10⍴⎕a
┌──────────┐
│ABCDEFGHIJ│
├──────────┤
│KLMNOPQRST│
├──────────┤
│UVWXYZABCD│
└──────────┘

        ┌─────────────────── Same again, with horizontal borders supressed.
        │
      (¯1 1 2)⍬ box 3 10⍴⎕a
│ABCDEFGHIJ│
├──────────┤
│KLMNOPQRST│
├──────────┤
│UVWXYZABCD│

          ┌───────────────── Same again, with explicit upper border (divider
          │                  after 0th row).
          │
      (¯1 0 1 2)⍬ box 3 10⍴⎕a
┌──────────┐
│ABCDEFGHIJ│
├──────────┤
│KLMNOPQRST│
├──────────┤
│UVWXYZABCD│

              ┌───────────── Same again, with explicit lower border (divider
              │              after 3rd row).
              │
      (¯1 1 2 3)⍬ box 3 10⍴⎕a
│ABCDEFGHIJ│
├──────────┤
│KLMNOPQRST│
├──────────┤
│UVWXYZABCD│
└──────────┘

Finally,  a  third item of the left argument may be given to specify the type of
the border and divider lines:

0 (default) "smooth" box drawing characters
1   ·   ·   "raw" characters, which are more suitable for printing.

Examples:

      a←3 10⍴⎕a                 ⍝ Simple array.

      box a                     ⍝ simple case
┌──────────┐
│ABCDEFGHIJ│
│KLMNOPQRST│
│UVWXYZABCD│
└──────────┘

      1 box a                   ⍝ draw a row..
┌──────────┐
│ABCDEFGHIJ│
├──────────┤
│KLMNOPQRST│
│UVWXYZABCD│
└──────────┘

      ⍬ (⍳5) box a              ⍝ ..and columns
┌─┬─┬─┬─┬─┬─────┐
│A│B│C│D│E│FGHIJ│
│K│L│M│N│O│PQRST│
│U│V│W│X│Y│ZABCD│
└─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─────┘

      (1 2) (2+⍳3) box a        ⍝ both
┌───┬─┬─┬─────┐
│ABC│D│E│FGHIJ│
├───┼─┼─┼─────┤
│KLM│N│O│PQRST│
├───┼─┼─┼─────┤
│UVW│X│Y│ZABCD│
└───┴─┴─┴─────┘

      2 ⍬ 1  box a              ⍝ raw case
+----------+
|ABCDEFGHIJ|
|KLMNOPQRST|
+----------+
|UVWXYZABCD|
+----------+

      (¯1) (2+⍳5)    box a      ⍝ no horiz lines
│ABC│D│E│F│G│HIJ│
│KLM│N│O│P│Q│RST│
│UVW│X│Y│Z│A│BCD│

      (¯1 1 3) (2+⍳5)    box a  ⍝ draw bottom
│ABC│D│E│F│G│HIJ│
├───┼─┼─┼─┼─┼───┤
│KLM│N│O│P│Q│RST│
│UVW│X│Y│Z│A│BCD│
└───┴─┴─┴─┴─┴───┘

      (¯1 0 1) (¯1 9 10) box a  ⍝ variant
─────────┬─┐
ABCDEFGHI│J│
─────────┼─┤
KLMNOPQRS│T│
UVWXYZABC│D│

      (¯1 1 2) (¯1 1 2)  box ↑'OOX' 'OXO' 'XX '     ⍝ I won!
O│O│X
─┼─┼─
O│X│O
─┼─┼─
X│X│

See also: dsp disp display draw

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