This works for all cases were I transform the matrix using map, but I also 
transform it using reverse and assoc.

On Thursday, May 8, 2014 8:02:03 PM UTC-4, Jason Ozias wrote:
>
> 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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