If you're representing a matrix with vectors, then any public function that
operates on a matrix should return vectors.
You may want to consider a function like:
(defn matrix? [m]
(and (vector? m)
(every? vector m)
(apply = (count m) (map count m)))
Then add it as a pre and post condition:
(defn transpose [m]
{:pre [(matrix? m)] :post [(matrix? %)]}
(apply mapv vector m))
That'll provide some type guarantees.
- James
On 9 May 2014 00:28, Joseph Rollins <rollins.jos...@gmail.com> 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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