package require Tcl 8.6
namespace import tcl::mathfunc::min
namespace import tcl::mathfunc::max

proc {#} args {}

# short aliases for common things

proc llen {lst} { return [llength $lst] }
proc slen {str} { return [string length $str] }
proc trim args { return [uplevel [concat string trim $args]] }
proc replace {str a b} { return [string map [list $a $b] $str] }

# sum and product

proc ladd {list} {
    set t 0
    foreach x $list { incr t $x }
    return $t
}

proc lmul {list} {
    set p 1
    foreach x $list { set p [expr {$p * $x}] }
    return $p
}

# split s on a substring
proc splitstr {s sep} {
    # replace $sep with ascii char 30, aka "record separator"
    return [split [replace $s $sep "\x1E"] "\x1E"]
}

proc must_regexp args {
    if {! [uplevel [concat regexp $args]]} {
        error "regexp failed"
    }
}

# transpose a list of strings
#
#     % transpose {abc 123}
#     a1 b2 c3
#     % transpose a1 b2 c3
#     abc 123
#
proc transpose strings {
    set out {}
    set C [slen [lindex $strings 0]]
    for {set i 0} {$i < $C} {incr i} {
        set column {}
        foreach row $strings {
            lappend column [string index $row $i]
        }
        lappend out [join $column ""]
    }
    return $out
}

# transpose a list of lists
#
#     % ltranspose {{a b c} {1 2 3}}
#     {a 1} {b 2} {c 3}
#     % ltranspose {{a 1} {b 2} {c 3}}
#     {a b c} {1 2 3}
#
proc ltranspose lists {
    set out {}
    set C [llen [lindex $lists 0]]
    for {set i 0} {$i < $C} {incr i} {
        set column {}
        foreach row $lists {
            lappend column [lindex $row $i]
        }
        lappend out $column
    }
    return $out
}

# extracts one or more indexes from a strided list
# e.g.
#       % set l {0 1 2   a b c   x y z}
#       % lextract $l 3 0
#       0 a x
#       % lextract $l 3 {1 2}
#       1 2 b c y z
#
# equivalent to [lmap {a b c} $lst {list $b $c}] except that
# you don't have to name the list elements
proc lextract {lst stride index} {
    set i 0
    set out {}
    if {$stride <= 0} { error "stride must be positive: $stride" }
    for {set i 0} {$i < [llength $lst]} {incr i $stride} {
        foreach j $index {
            lappend out [lindex $lst $i+$j]
        }
    }
    return $out
}