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cross

x cross y    cross[x;y]

Returns the cross-product (i.e. all possible combinations) of x and y.

q)1 2 3 cross 10 20
1 10
1 20
2 10
2 20
3 10
3 20
q)(cross/)(2 3;10;"abc")
2 10 "a"
2 10 "b"
2 10 "c"
3 10 "a"
3 10 "b"
3 10 "c"

cross can work on tables and dictionaries.

q)s:`IBM`MSFT`AAPL
q)v:1 2
q)([]s:s)cross([]v:v)
s    v
------
IBM  1
IBM  2
MSFT 1
MSFT 2
AAPL 1
AAPL 2

The function cross is equivalent to {raze x,/:\:y}.