Take a look at mapv.  If you aren't dealing with lazy sequence, it'll map 
the function across and convert the output to a vector.

On Thursday, May 8, 2014 7:28:47 PM UTC-4, Joseph Rollins wrote:
>
> I am confused about the best way to assure that I am dealing with a vector 
> when dealing with core library functions that often return seq where I then 
> lose my ability to access it using associative accesses (get-in 
> specifically).
>
> My particular use case is as follows:
>
> I am modeling a matrix as nested vectors
>
> [[0 0 0] [0 1 1] [0 1 1]]
>
> represents
>
> 0 0 0
> 0 1 1
> 0 1 1
>
> I know matrix libraries exist, but for the sake of learning am rolling my 
> own functionality.  I have several functions that operate on this:
>
> (defn transpose [piece]
>   (apply mapv vector piece))
>
> (defn translate-block
>   ([mm]   (let [one? #(if (= 1 %) true false)]
>             (translate-block mm one?)))
>   ([mm f] (map #(map f %) mm)))
>
> (defn rotate-left [b]
>   (->> b
>        transpose
>        reverse))
>
> The problem I am running into is that these do not output nested vectors, 
> but nested seqs (due to all of the map operations). I am using these 
> matrices to program Tetris, and I am writing a function that takes a Tetris 
> block, a Tetris board (both represented as matrices) and a position of the 
> block inside the board. The function is supposed to determine if the 
> placement of the block is valid (not overlapping already placed blocks:
>
> (defn is-valid?
>   "Determine if a game state is valid (is current piece place-able)."
>   [{board :board {:keys [piece pos]} :piece}]
>   (let [[x y] pos
>         coords (for [rows (range (count piece))
>                      cols (range (count (first piece)))]
>                  [[rows cols] [(+ y rows) (+ x cols)]])]
>     (map (fn [[c cc]]
>            (and (get-in board cc) (get-in piece c)))
>          coords)))
>
> The matrices hold true and false values for if occupied. When testing this 
> function I realized get-in was just returning nil because it wouldnt get in 
> a seq (non-associative).  What is the best way to assure that when I need 
> associative guarantees that they haven't been thrown away through previous 
> transformations of the board or piece matrices?
>
> The two choices I see are making sure every function that operates on the 
> matrices explicitly outputs nested vectors again, or transforming the input 
> to functions that need the guarantees to nested vectors explicitly. Am I 
> missing something here, or, if not, what is the idiomatic way to solve this 
> problem?
>
> Thanks
>
> -Joseph
>

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