//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// LibFile: arrays.scad
//   List and Array manipulation functions.
//   To use, add the following lines to the beginning of your file:
//   ```
//   use <BOSL2/std.scad>
//   ```
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


// Section: Terminology
//   - **List**: An ordered collection of zero or more items.  ie: ["a", "b", "c"]
//   - **Vector**: A list of numbers. ie: [4, 5, 6]
//   - **Array**: A nested list of lists, or list of lists of lists, or deeper.  ie: [[2,3], [4,5], [6,7]]
//   - **Dimension**: The depth of nesting of lists in an array.  A List is 1D.  A list of lists is 2D.  etc.


// Section: List Operations


// Function: replist()
// Usage:
//   replist(val, n)
// Description:
//   Generates a list or array of `n` copies of the given `list`.
//   If the count `n` is given as a list of counts, then this creates a
//   multi-dimensional array, filled with `val`.
// Arguments:
//   val = The value to repeat to make the list or array.
//   n = The number of copies to make of `val`.
// Example:
//   replist(1, 4);        // Returns [1,1,1,1]
//   replist(8, [2,3]);    // Returns [[8,8,8], [8,8,8]]
//   replist(0, [2,2,3]);  // Returns [[[0,0,0],[0,0,0]], [[0,0,0],[0,0,0]]]
//   replist([1,2,3],3);   // Returns [[1,2,3], [1,2,3], [1,2,3]]
function replist(val, n, i=0) =
	is_num(n)? [for(j=[1:1:n]) val] :
	(i>=len(n))? val :
	[for (j=[1:1:n[i]]) replist(val, n, i+1)];


// Function: in_list()
// Description: Returns true if value `x` is in list `l`.
// Arguments:
//   x = The value to search for.
//   l = The list to search.
//   idx = If given, searches the given subindexes for matches for `x`.
// Example:
//   in_list("bar", ["foo", "bar", "baz"]);  // Returns true.
//   in_list("bee", ["foo", "bar", "baz"]);  // Returns false.
//   in_list("bar", [[2,"foo"], [4,"bar"], [3,"baz"]], idx=1);  // Returns true.
function in_list(x,l,idx=undef) = search([x], l, num_returns_per_match=1, index_col_num=idx) != [[]];


// Function: slice()
// Description:
//   Returns a slice of a list.  The first item is index 0.
//   Negative indexes are counted back from the end.  The last item is -1.
// Arguments:
//   arr = The array/list to get the slice of.
//   st = The index of the first item to return.
//   end = The index after the last item to return, unless negative, in which case the last item to return.
// Example:
//   slice([3,4,5,6,7,8,9], 3, 5);   // Returns [6,7]
//   slice([3,4,5,6,7,8,9], 2, -1);  // Returns [5,6,7,8,9]
//   slice([3,4,5,6,7,8,9], 1, 1);   // Returns []
//   slice([3,4,5,6,7,8,9], 6, -1);  // Returns [9]
//   slice([3,4,5,6,7,8,9], 2, -2);  // Returns [5,6,7,8]
function slice(arr,st,end) = let(
		s=st<0?(len(arr)+st):st,
		e=end<0?(len(arr)+end+1):end
	) [for (i=[s:1:e-1]) if (e>s) arr[i]];


// Function: select()
// Description:
//   Returns a portion of a list, wrapping around past the beginning, if end<start. 
//   The first item is index 0. Negative indexes are counted back from the end.
//   The last item is -1.  If only the `start` index is given, returns just the value
//   at that position.
// Usage:
//   select(list,start)
//   select(list,start,end)
// Arguments:
//   list = The list to get the portion of.
//   start = The index of the first item.
//   end = The index of the last item.
// Example:
//   l = [3,4,5,6,7,8,9];
//   select(l, 5, 6);   // Returns [8,9]
//   select(l, 5, 8);   // Returns [8,9,3,4]
//   select(l, 5, 2);   // Returns [8,9,3,4,5]
//   select(l, -3, -1); // Returns [7,8,9]
//   select(l, 3, 3);   // Returns [6]
//   select(l, 4);      // Returns 7
//   select(l, -2);     // Returns 8
//   select(l, [1:3]);  // Returns [4,5,6]
//   select(l, [1,3]);  // Returns [4,6]
function select(list, start, end=undef) =
	let(l=len(list))
	end==undef? (
		is_num(start)?
			let(s=(start%l+l)%l) list[s] :
			[for (i=start) list[(i%l+l)%l]]
	) : (
		let(s=(start%l+l)%l, e=(end%l+l)%l)
		(s<=e)?
			[for (i = [s:1:e]) list[i]] :
			concat([for (i = [s:1:l-1]) list[i]], [for (i = [0:1:e]) list[i]])
	);


// Function: list_range()
// Usage:
//   list_range(n, [s], [e])
//   list_range(n, [s], [step])
//   list_range(e, [step])
//   list_range(s, e, [step])
// Description:
//   Returns a list, counting up from starting value `s`, by `step` increments,
//   until either `n` values are in the list, or it reaches the end value `e`.
//   If both `n` and `e` are given, returns `n` values evenly spread fron `s`
//   to `e`, and `step` is ignored.
// Arguments:
//   n = Desired number of values in returned list, if given.
//   s = Starting value.  Default: 0
//   e = Ending value to stop at, if given.
//   step = Amount to increment each value.  Default: 1
// Example:
//   list_range(4);                  // Returns [0,1,2,3]
//   list_range(n=4, step=2);        // Returns [0,2,4,6]
//   list_range(n=4, s=3, step=3);   // Returns [3,6,9,12]
//   list_range(n=5, s=0, e=10);     // Returns [0, 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10]
//   list_range(e=3);                // Returns [0,1,2,3]
//   list_range(e=6, step=2);        // Returns [0,2,4,6]
//   list_range(s=3, e=5);           // Returns [3,4,5]
//   list_range(s=3, e=8, step=2);   // Returns [3,5,7]
//   list_range(s=4, e=8, step=2);   // Returns [4,6,8]
//   list_range(n=4, s=[3,4], step=[2,3]);  // Returns [[3,4], [5,7], [7,10], [9,13]]
function list_range(n=undef, s=0, e=undef, step=undef) =
	(n!=undef && e!=undef)? (
		assert(n!=undef && e!=undef && step!=undef, "At most 2 of n, e, and step can be given.")
		[for (i=[0:1:n-1]) s+(e-s)*i/(n-1)]
	) : let(step = default(step,1))
	(n!=undef)? [for (i=[0:1:n-1]) let(v=s+step*i) v] :
	(e!=undef)? [for (v=[s:step:e]) v] :
	assert(e!=undef||n!=undef, "Must supply one of `n` or `e`.");


// Function: reverse()
// Description: Reverses a list/array.
// Arguments:
//   list = The list to reverse.
// Example:
//   reverse([3,4,5,6]);  // Returns [6,5,4,3]
function reverse(list) = [ for (i = [len(list)-1 : -1 : 0]) list[i] ];


// Function: deduplicate()
// Usage:
//   deduplicate(list);
// Description:
//   Removes consecutive duplicate items in a list.
//   This is different from `unique()` in that the list is *not* sorted.
// Arguments:
//   list = The list to deduplicate.
//   closed = If true, drops trailing items if they match the first list item.
//   eps = The maximum difference to allow between numbers or vectors.
// Examples:
//   deduplicate([8,3,4,4,4,8,2,3,3,8,8]);  // Returns: [8,3,4,8,2,3,8]
//   deduplicate(closed=true, [8,3,4,4,4,8,2,3,3,8,8]);  // Returns: [8,3,4,8,2,3]
//   deduplicate("Hello");  // Returns: ["H","e","l","o"]
//   deduplicate([[3,4],[7,2],[7,1.99],[1,4]],eps=0.1);  // Returns: [[3,4],[7,2],[1,4]]
function deduplicate(list, closed=false, eps=EPSILON) =
	let(
		l = len(list),
		end = l-(closed?0:1)
	) (is_num(list[0]) || is_vector(list[0]))?
		[for (i=[0:1:l-1]) if (i==end || !approx(list[i], list[(i+1)%l], eps)) list[i]] :
		[for (i=[0:1:l-1]) if (i==end || list[i] != list[(i+1)%l]) list[i]];


// Function: list_set()
// Usage:
//   list_set(list, indices, values, [dflt], [minlen])
// Description:
//   Takes the input list and returns a new list such that `list[indices[i]] = values[i]` for all of
//   the (index,value) pairs supplied.  If you supply `indices` that are beyond the length of the list
//   then the list is extended and filled in with the `dflt` value.  If you set `minlen` then the list is
//   lengthed, if necessary, by padding with `dflt` to that length.  The `indices` list can be in any
//   order but run time will be (much) faster for long lists if it is already sorted.  Reptitions are
//   not allowed.  If `indices` is given as a non-list scalar, then that index of the given `list` will
//   be set to the value of `values`.
// Arguments:
//   list = List to set items in.  Default: []
//   indices = List of indices into `list` to set.
//   values = List of values to set.
//   dflt = Default value to store in sparse skipped indices.
//   minlen = Minimum length to expand list to.
// Examples:
//   list_set([2,3,4,5], 2, 21);  // Returns: [2,3,21,5]
//   list_set([2,3,4,5], [1,3], [81,47]);  // Returns: [2,81,4,47]
function list_set(list=[],indices,values,dflt=0,minlen=0) =
	!is_list(indices)? (
		(is_num(indices) && indices<len(list))? [for (i=idx(list)) i==indices? values : list[i]] :
		list_set(list,[indices],[values],dflt)
	) :
	assert(len(indices)==len(values),"Index list and value list must have the same length")
	let(
		sortind = list_increasing(indices) ? list_range(len(indices)) : sortidx(indices),
		lastind = len(indices)==0 ? -1 : indices[select(sortind,-1)]
	)
	concat(
		[for(j=[0:1:indices[sortind[0]]-1]) j>=len(list) ? dflt : list[j]],
		[values[sortind[0]]], 
		[for(i=[1:1:len(sortind)-1]) each
			assert(indices[sortind[i]]!=indices[sortind[i-1]],"Repeated index")
			concat(
				[for(j=[1+indices[sortind[i-1]]:1:indices[sortind[i]]-1]) j>=len(list) ? dflt : list[j]],
				[values[sortind[i]]]
			)
		],
		slice(list,1+lastind, len(list)),
		replist(dflt, minlen-lastind-1)
	);


// Function: list_remove()
// Usage:
//   list_remove(list, elements)
// Description:
//   Remove all items from `list` whose indexes are in `elements`.
// Arguments:
//   list = The list to remove items from.
//   elements = The list of indexes of items to remove.
// Example:
//   list_insert([3,6,9,12],1);      // Returns: [3,9,12]
//   list_insert([3,6,9,12],[1,3]);  // Returns: [3,9]
function list_remove(list, elements) =
	!is_list(elements) ? list_remove(list,[elements]) :
	len(elements)==0 ? list :
	let(
		sortind = list_increasing(elements) ? list_range(len(elements)) : sortidx(elements),
		lastind = elements[select(sortind,-1)]
	)
	assert(lastind<len(list),"Element index beyond list end")
	concat(slice(list, 0, elements[sortind[0]]),
		[for(i=[1:1:len(sortind)-1]) each slice(list,1+elements[sortind[i-1]], elements[sortind[i]])],
		slice(list,1+lastind, len(list))
	);


// Function: list_remove_values()
// Usage:
//   list_remove_values(list,values,all=false) =
// Description:
//   Removes the first, or all instances of the given `values` from the `list`.
//   Returns the modified list.
// Arguments:
//   list = The list to modify.
//   values = The values to remove from the list.
//   all = If true, remove all instances of the value `value` from the list `list`.  If false, remove only the first.  Default: false
// Example:
//   animals = ["bat", "cat", "rat", "dog", "bat", "rat"];
//   animals2 = list_remove_values(animals, "rat");   // Returns: ["bat","cat","dog","bat","rat"]
//   nonflying = list_remove_values(animals, "bat", all=true);  // Returns: ["cat","rat","dog","rat"]
//   animals3 = list_remove_values(animals, ["bat","rat"]);  // Returns: ["cat","dog","bat","rat"]
//   domestic = list_remove_values(animals, ["bat","rat"], all=true);  // Returns: ["cat","dog"]
//   animals4 = list_remove_values(animals, ["tucan","rat"], all=true);  // Returns: ["bat","cat","dog","bat"]
function list_remove_values(list,values=[],all=false) =
	assert(is_list(list))
	!is_list(values)? list_remove_values(list, values=[values], all=all) :
	let(
		idxs = all? flatten(search(values,list,0)) : search(values,list,1),
		uidxs = unique(idxs)
	) list_remove(list,uidxs);


// Function: list_insert()
// Usage:
//   list_insert(list, pos, elements);
// Description:
//   Insert `elements` into `list` before position `pos`.
// Example:
//   list_insert([3,6,9,12],1,5);  // Returns [3,5,6,9,12]
//   list_insert([3,6,9,12],[1,3],[5,11]);  // Returns [3,5,6,9,11,12]
function list_insert(list, pos, elements, _i=0) =
	is_list(pos)? (
		assert(len(pos)==len(elements))
		let(
			idxs = sortidx(pos),
			lastidx = pos[idxs[len(idxs)-1]]
		)
		concat(
			[
				for(i=idx(idxs)) each concat(
					assert(pos[idxs[i]]<=len(list), "Indices in pos must be <= len(list)")
					[for (j=[(i==0?0:pos[idxs[i-1]]):1:pos[idxs[i]]-1]) list[j]],
					[elements[idxs[i]]]
				)
			],
			[for (j=[lastidx:1:len(list)-1]) list[j]]
		)
	) : (
		assert(pos<=len(list), "Indices in pos must be <= len(list)")
		concat(
			slice(list,0,pos),
			elements,
			(pos<len(list)? slice(list,pos,-1) : [])
		)
	);


// Function: bselect()
// Usage:
//   bselect(array,index);
// Description:
//   Returns the items in `array` whose matching element in `index` is true.
// Arguments:
//   array = Initial list to extract items from.
//   index = List of booleans.
// Example:
//   bselect([3,4,5,6,7], [false,true,true,false,true]);  // Returns: [4,5,7]
function bselect(array,index) =
	[for(i=[0:len(array)-1]) if (index[i]) array[i]];


// Function: list_bset()
// Usage:
//   list_bset(indexset, valuelist,[dflt])
// Description:
//   Opposite of `bselect()`.  Returns a list the same length as `indexlist`, where each item will
//   either be 0 if the corresponding item in `indexset` is false, or the next sequential value
//   from `valuelist` if true.  The number of `true` values in `indexset` must be equal to the length
//   of `valuelist`.
// Arguments:
//   indexset = A list of boolean values.
//   valuelist = The list of values to set into the returned list.
//   dflt = Default value to store when the indexset item is false.
// Example:
//   list_bset([false,true,false,true,false], [3,4]);  // Returns: [0,3,0,4,0]
//   list_bset([false,true,false,true,false], [3,4],dflt=1);  // Returns: [1,3,1,4,1]
function list_bset(indexset, valuelist, dflt=0) =
	let(
		trueind = search([true], indexset,0)[0]
	) concat(
		list_set([],trueind, valuelist, dflt=dflt),    // Fill in all of the values
		replist(dflt,len(indexset)-max(trueind)-1)  // Add trailing values so length matches indexset
	);


// Function: list_increasing()
// Usage:
//    list_increasing(list)
// Description:
//   Returns true if the list is (non-strictly) increasing
// Example:
//   list_increasing([1,2,3,4]);  // Returns: true
//   list_increasing([1,3,2,4]);  // Returns: false
//   list_increasing([4,3,2,1]);  // Returns: false
function list_increasing(list,ind=0) =
	len([for (p=pair(list)) if(p.x>p.y) true])==0;


// Function: list_decreasing()
// Usage:
//    list_decreasing(list)
// Description:
//   Returns true if the list is (non-strictly) decreasing
// Example:
//   list_decreasing([1,2,3,4]);  // Returns: false
//   list_decreasing([4,2,3,1]);  // Returns: false
//   list_decreasing([4,3,2,1]);  // Returns: true
function list_decreasing(list) =
	len([for (p=pair(list)) if(p.x<p.y) true])==0;


// Function: list_shortest()
// Description:
//   Returns the length of the shortest sublist in a list of lists.
// Arguments:
//   vecs = A list of lists.
function list_shortest(vecs) =
	min([for (v = vecs) len(v)]);


// Function: list_longest()
// Description:
//   Returns the length of the longest sublist in a list of lists.
// Arguments:
//   vecs = A list of lists.
function list_longest(vecs) =
	max([for (v = vecs) len(v)]);


// Function: list_pad()
// Description:
//   If the list `v` is shorter than `minlen` length, pad it to length with the value given in `fill`.
// Arguments:
//   v = A list.
//   minlen = The minimum length to pad the list to.
//   fill = The value to pad the list with.
function list_pad(v, minlen, fill=undef) =
	concat(v,replist(fill,minlen-len(v)));


// Function: list_trim()
// Description:
//   If the list `v` is longer than `maxlen` length, truncates it to be `maxlen` items long.
// Arguments:
//   v = A list.
//   minlen = The minimum length to pad the list to.
function list_trim(v, maxlen) =
	[for (i=[0:1:min(len(v),maxlen)-1]) v[i]];


// Function: list_fit()
// Description:
//   If the list `v` is longer than `length` items long, truncates it to be exactly `length` items long.
//   If the list `v` is shorter than `length` items long, pad it to length with the value given in `fill`.
// Arguments:
//   v = A list.
//   minlen = The minimum length to pad the list to.
//   fill = The value to pad the list with.
function list_fit(v, length, fill) =
	let(l=len(v)) (l==length)? v : (l>length)? list_trim(v,length) : list_pad(v,length,fill);


// Function: idx()
// Usage:
//   i = idx(list);
//   for(i=idx(list)) ...
// Description:
//   Returns the range of indexes for the given list.
// Arguments:
//   list = The list to returns the index range of.
//   step = The step size to stride through the list.  Default: 1
//   end = The delta from the end of the list.  Default: -1
//   start = The starting index.  Default: 0
// Example(2D):
//   colors = ["red", "green", "blue"];
//   for (i=idx(colors)) right(20*i) color(colors[i]) circle(d=10);
function idx(list, step=1, end=-1,start=0) =
	[start : step : len(list)+end];


// Function: enumerate()
// Description:
//   Returns a list, with each item of the given list `l` numbered in a sublist.
//   Something like: `[[0,l[0]], [1,l[1]], [2,l[2]], ...]`
// Arguments:
//   l = List to enumerate.
//   idx = If given, enumerates just the given subindex items of `l`.
// Example:
//   enumerate(["a","b","c"]);  // Returns: [[0,"a"], [1,"b"], [2,"c"]]
//   enumerate([[88,"a"],[76,"b"],[21,"c"]], idx=1);  // Returns: [[0,"a"], [1,"b"], [2,"c"]]
//   enumerate([["cat","a",12],["dog","b",10],["log","c",14]], idx=[1:2]);  // Returns: [[0,"a",12], [1,"b",10], [2,"c",14]]
// Example(2D):
//   colors = ["red", "green", "blue"];
//   for (p=enumerate(colors)) right(20*p[0]) color(p[1]) circle(d=10);
function enumerate(l,idx=undef) =
	(idx==undef)?
		[for (i=[0:1:len(l)-1]) [i,l[i]]] :
		[for (i=[0:1:len(l)-1]) concat([i], [for (j=idx) l[i][j]])];


// Function: shuffle()
// Description:
//   Shuffles the input list into random order.
function shuffle(list) =
	len(list)<=1 ? list :
	let (
		rval = rands(0,1,len(list)),
		left  = [for (i=[0:len(list)-1]) if (rval[i]< 0.5) list[i]],
		right = [for (i=[0:len(list)-1]) if (rval[i]>=0.5) list[i]]
	) concat(shuffle(left), shuffle(right));


// Sort a vector of scalar values
function _sort_scalars(arr) =
	len(arr)<=1 ? arr : let(
		pivot   = arr[floor(len(arr)/2)],
		lesser  = [ for (y = arr) if (y  < pivot) y ],
		equal   = [ for (y = arr) if (y == pivot) y ],
		greater = [ for (y = arr) if (y  > pivot) y ]
	) concat( _sort_scalars(lesser), equal, _sort_scalars(greater) );


// Sort a vector of vectors based on the first entry only of each vector
function _sort_vectors1(arr) =
	len(arr)<=1 ? arr :
	!(len(arr)>0) ? [] : let(
		pivot   = arr[floor(len(arr)/2)],
		lesser  = [ for (y = arr) if (y[0]  < pivot[0]) y ],
		equal   = [ for (y = arr) if (y[0] == pivot[0]) y ],
		greater = [ for (y = arr) if (y[0]  > pivot[0]) y ]
	) concat( _sort_vectors1(lesser), equal, _sort_vectors1(greater) );


// Sort a vector of vectors based on the first two entries of each vector
// Lexicographic order, remaining entries of vector ignored
function _sort_vectors2(arr) =
	len(arr)<=1 ? arr :
	!(len(arr)>0) ? [] : let(
		pivot   = arr[floor(len(arr)/2)],
		lesser  = [ for (y = arr) if (y[0] < pivot[0] || (y[0]==pivot[0] && y[1]<pivot[1])) y ],
		equal   = [ for (y = arr) if (y[0] == pivot[0] && y[1]==pivot[1]) y ],
		greater  = [ for (y = arr) if (y[0] > pivot[0] || (y[0]==pivot[0] && y[1]>pivot[1])) y ]
	) concat( _sort_vectors2(lesser), equal, _sort_vectors2(greater) );

// Sort a vector of vectors based on the first three entries of each vector
// Lexicographic order, remaining entries of vector ignored
function _sort_vectors3(arr) =
	len(arr)<=1 ? arr : let(
		pivot   = arr[floor(len(arr)/2)],
		lesser  = [
			for (y = arr) if (
				y[0] < pivot[0] || (
					y[0]==pivot[0] && (
						y[1]<pivot[1] || (
							y[1]==pivot[1] &&
							y[2]<pivot[2]
						)
					)
				)
			) y
		],
		equal = [
			for (y = arr) if (
				y[0] == pivot[0] && y[1]== pivot[1] && y[2]==pivot[2]
			) y
		],
		greater = [
			for (y = arr) if (
				y[0] > pivot[0] || (
					y[0]==pivot[0] && (
						y[1]>pivot[1] || (
							y[1]==pivot[1] &&
							y[2]>pivot[2]
						)
					)
				)
			) y
		]
	) concat( _sort_vectors3(lesser), equal, _sort_vectors3(greater) );


// Sort a vector of vectors based on the first four entries of each vector
// Lexicographic order, remaining entries of vector ignored
function _sort_vectors4(arr) =
	len(arr)<=1 ? arr : let(
		pivot = arr[floor(len(arr)/2)],
		lesser = [
			for (y = arr) if (
				y[0] < pivot[0] || (
					y[0]==pivot[0] && (
						y[1]<pivot[1] || (
							y[1]==pivot[1] && (
								y[2]<pivot[2] || (
									y[2]==pivot[2] &&
									y[3]<pivot[3]
								)
							)
						)
					)
				)
			) y
		],
		equal = [
			for (y = arr) if (
				y[0] == pivot[0] &&
				y[1] == pivot[1] &&
				y[2] == pivot[2] &&
				y[3] == pivot[3]
			) y
		],
		greater = [
			for (y = arr) if (
				y[0] > pivot[0] || (
					y[0]==pivot[0] && (
						y[1]>pivot[1] || (
							y[1]==pivot[1] && (
								y[2]>pivot[2] || (
									y[2]==pivot[2] &&
									y[3]>pivot[3]
								)
							)
						)
					)
				)
			) y
		]
	) concat( _sort_vectors4(lesser), equal, _sort_vectors4(greater) );


function _sort_general(arr, idx=undef) =
	(len(arr)<=1) ? arr :
	let(
		pivot = arr[floor(len(arr)/2)],
		pivotval = idx==undef? pivot : [for (i=idx) pivot[i]],
		compare = [
			for (entry = arr) let(
				val = idx==undef? entry : [for (i=idx) entry[i]],
				cmp = compare_vals(val, pivotval)
			) cmp
		],
		lesser  = [ for (i = [0:1:len(arr)-1]) if (compare[i] < 0) arr[i] ],
		equal   = [ for (i = [0:1:len(arr)-1]) if (compare[i] ==0) arr[i] ],
		greater = [ for (i = [0:1:len(arr)-1]) if (compare[i] > 0) arr[i] ]
	)
	concat(_sort_general(lesser,idx), equal, _sort_general(greater,idx));


// Function: sort()
// Usage:
//   sort(list, [idx])
// Description:
//   Sorts the given list using `compare_vals()`, sorting in lexicographic order, with types ordered according to
//   `undef < boolean < number < string < list`.  Comparison of lists is recursive. 
//   If the list is a list of vectors whose length is from 1 to 4 and the `idx` parameter is not passed, then 
//   `sort` uses a much more efficient method for comparisons and will run much faster.  In this case, all entries
//   in the data are compared using the native comparison operator, so comparisons between types will fail.  
// Arguments:
//   list = The list to sort.
//   idx = If given, do the comparison based just on the specified index, range or list of indices.  
// Example:
//   l = [45,2,16,37,8,3,9,23,89,12,34];
//   sorted = sort(l);  // Returns [2,3,8,9,12,16,23,34,37,45,89]
function sort(list, idx=undef) =
	!is_list(list) || len(list)<=1 ? list :
	is_def(idx) ? _sort_general(list,idx) :
	let(size = array_dim(list))
	len(size)==1 ? _sort_scalars(list) :
	len(size)==2 && size[1] <=4 ? (
		size[1]==0 ? list :
		size[1]==1 ? _sort_vectors1(list) :
		size[1]==2 ? _sort_vectors2(list) :
		size[1]==3 ? _sort_vectors3(list) :
		/*size[1]==4*/ _sort_vectors4(list)
	) : _sort_general(list);


// Function: sortidx()
// Description:
//   Given a list, calculates the sort order of the list, and returns
//   a list of indexes into the original list in that sorted order.
//   If you iterate the returned list in order, and use the list items
//   to index into the original list, you will be iterating the original
//   values in sorted order.
// Example:
//   lst = ["d","b","e","c"];
//   idxs = sortidx(lst);  // Returns: [1,3,0,2]
//   ordered = select(lst, idxs);   // Returns: ["b", "c", "d", "e"]
// Example:
//   lst = [
//   	["foo", 88, [0,0,1], false],
//   	["bar", 90, [0,1,0], true],
//   	["baz", 89, [1,0,0], false],
//   	["qux", 23, [1,1,1], true]
//   ];
//   idxs1 = sortidx(lst, idx=1); // Returns: [3,0,2,1]
//   idxs2 = sortidx(lst, idx=0); // Returns: [1,2,0,3]
//   idxs3 = sortidx(lst, idx=[1,3]); // Returns: [3,0,2,1]
function sortidx(list, idx=undef) =
	list==[] ? [] : let(
		size = array_dim(list),
		aug = is_undef(idx) && (len(size) == 1 || (len(size) == 2 && size[1]<=4))?
			zip(list, list_range(len(list))) :
			enumerate(list,idx=idx)
	)
	is_undef(idx) && len(size) == 1? subindex(_sort_vectors1(aug),1) :
	is_undef(idx) && len(size) == 2 && size[1] <=4? (
		size[1]==0? list_range(len(arr)) :
		size[1]==1? subindex(_sort_vectors1(aug),1) :
		size[1]==2? subindex(_sort_vectors2(aug),2) :
		size[1]==3? subindex(_sort_vectors3(aug),3) :
		/*size[1]==4*/ subindex(_sort_vectors4(aug),4)
	) :
	// general case
	subindex(_sort_general(aug, idx=list_range(s=1,n=len(aug)-1)), 0);


// Function: unique()
// Usage:
//   unique(arr);
// Description:
//   Returns a sorted list with all repeated items removed.
// Arguments:
//   arr = The list to uniquify.
function unique(arr) =
	len(arr)<=1? arr : let(
		sorted = sort(arr)
	) [
		for (i=[0:1:len(sorted)-1])
			if (i==0 || (sorted[i] != sorted[i-1]))
				sorted[i]
	];



// Section: Array Manipulation

// Function: subindex()
// Description:
//   For each array item, return the indexed subitem.
//   Returns a list of the values of each vector at the specfied
//   index list or range.  If the index list or range has
//   only one entry the output list is flattened.  
// Arguments:
//   v = The given list of lists.
//   idx = The index, list of indices, or range of indices to fetch.
// Example:
//   v = [[[1,2,3,4],[5,6,7,8],[9,10,11,12],[13,14,15,16]];
//   subindex(v,2);      // Returns [3, 7, 11, 15]
//   subindex(v,[2,1]);  // Returns [[3, 2], [7, 6], [11, 10], [15, 14]]
//   subindex(v,[1:3]);  // Returns [[2, 3, 4], [6, 7, 8], [10, 11, 12], [14, 15, 16]]
function subindex(v, idx) = [
	for(val=v) let(value=[for(i=idx) val[i]])
		len(value)==1 ? value[0] : value
];


// Function: pair()
// Usage:
//   pair(v)
// Description:
//   Takes a list, and returns a list of adjacent pairs from it.
// Example:
//   l = ["A","B","C",D"];
//   echo([for (p=pair(l)) str(p.y,p.x)]);  // Outputs: ["BA", "CB", "DC"]
function pair(v) = [for (i=[0:1:len(v)-2]) [v[i],v[i+1]]];


// Function: pair_wrap()
// Usage:
//   pair_wrap(v)
// Description:
//   Takes a list, and returns a list of adjacent pairss from it, wrapping around from the end to the start of the list.
// Example:
//   l = ["A","B","C","D"];
//   echo([for (p=pair_wrap(l)) str(p.y,p.x)]);  // Outputs: ["BA", "CB", "DC", "AD"]
function pair_wrap(v) = [for (i=[0:1:len(v)-1]) [v[i],v[(i+1)%len(v)]]];


// Function: triplet()
// Usage:
//   triplet(v)
// Description:
//   Takes a list, and returns a list of adjacent triplets from it.
// Example:
//   l = ["A","B","C","D","E"];
//   echo([for (p=triplet(l)) str(p.z,p.y,p.x)]);  // Outputs: ["CBA", "DCB", "EDC"]
function triplet(v) = [for (i=[0:1:len(v)-3]) [v[i],v[i+1],v[i+2]]];


// Function: triplet_wrap()
// Usage:
//   triplet_wrap(v)
// Description:
//   Takes a list, and returns a list of adjacent triplets from it, wrapping around from the end to the start of the list.
// Example:
//   l = ["A","B","C","D"];
//   echo([for (p=triplet_wrap(l)) str(p.z,p.y,p.x)]);  // Outputs: ["CBA", "DCB", "ADC", "BAD"]
function triplet_wrap(v) = [for (i=[0:1:len(v)-1]) [v[i],v[(i+1)%len(v)],v[(i+2)%len(v)]]];


// Function: zip()
// Usage:
//   zip(v1, v2, v3, [fit], [fill]);
//   zip(vecs, [fit], [fill]);
// Description:
//   Zips together corresponding items from two or more lists.
//   Returns a list of lists, where each sublist contains corresponding
//   items from each of the input lists.  `[[A1, B1, C1], [A2, B2, C2], ...]`
// Arguments:
//   vecs = A list of two or more lists to zipper together.
//   fit = If `fit=="short"`, the zips together up to the length of the shortest list in vecs.  If `fit=="long"`, then pads all lists to the length of the longest, using the value in `fill`.  If `fit==false`, then requires all lists to be the same length.  Default: false.
//   fill = The default value to fill in with if one or more lists if short.  Default: undef
// Example:
//   v1 = [1,2,3,4];
//   v2 = [5,6,7];
//   v3 = [8,9,10,11];
//   zip(v1,v3);                       // returns [[1,8], [2,9], [3,10], [4,11]]
//   zip([v1,v3]);                     // returns [[1,8], [2,9], [3,10], [4,11]]
//   zip([v1,v2], fit="short");        // returns [[1,5], [2,6], [3,7]]
//   zip([v1,v2], fit="long");         // returns [[1,5], [2,6], [3,7], [4,undef]]
//   zip([v1,v2], fit="long, fill=0);  // returns [[1,5], [2,6], [3,7], [4,0]]
//   zip([v1,v2,v3], fit="long");      // returns [[1,5,8], [2,6,9], [3,7,10], [4,undef,11]]
// Example:
//   v1 = [[1,2,3], [4,5,6], [7,8,9]];
//   v2 = [[20,19,18], [17,16,15], [14,13,12]];
//   zip(v1,v2);    // Returns [[1,2,3,20,19,18], [4,5,6,17,16,15], [7,8,9,14,13,12]]
function zip(vecs, v2, v3, fit=false, fill=undef) =
	(v3!=undef)? zip([vecs,v2,v3], fit=fit, fill=fill) :
	(v2!=undef)? zip([vecs,v2], fit=fit, fill=fill) :
	let(
		dummy1 = assert_in_list("fit", fit, [false, "short", "long"]),
		minlen = list_shortest(vecs),
		maxlen = list_longest(vecs),
		dummy2 = (fit==false)? assert(minlen==maxlen, "Input vectors must have the same length") : 0
	) (fit == "long")?
		[for(i=[0:1:maxlen-1]) [for(v=vecs) for(x=(i<len(v)? v[i] : (fill==undef)? [fill] : fill)) x] ] :
		[for(i=[0:1:minlen-1]) [for(v=vecs) for(x=v[i]) x] ];



// Function: array_group()
// Description:
//   Takes a flat array of values, and groups items in sets of `cnt` length.
//   The opposite of this is `flatten()`.
// Arguments:
//   v = The list of items to group.
//   cnt = The number of items to put in each grouping.
//   dflt = The default value to fill in with is the list is not a multiple of `cnt` items long.
// Example:
//   v = [1,2,3,4,5,6];
//   array_group(v,2) returns [[1,2], [3,4], [5,6]]
//   array_group(v,3) returns [[1,2,3], [4,5,6]]
//   array_group(v,4,0) returns [[1,2,3,4], [5,6,0,0]]
function array_group(v, cnt=2, dflt=0) = [for (i = [0:cnt:len(v)-1]) [for (j = [0:1:cnt-1]) default(v[i+j], dflt)]];


// Function: flatten()
// Description: Takes a list of lists and flattens it by one level.
// Arguments:
//   l = List to flatten.
// Example:
//   flatten([[1,2,3], [4,5,[6,7,8]]]) returns [1,2,3,4,5,[6,7,8]]
function flatten(l) = [for (a = l) each a];


// Internal.  Not exposed.
function _array_dim_recurse(v) =
	!is_list(v[0])?  (
		sum( [for(entry=v) is_list(entry) ? 1 : 0]) == 0 ? [] : [undef]
	) : let(
		firstlen = len(v[0]),
		first = sum( [for(entry = v) len(entry) == firstlen  ? 0 : 1]   ) == 0 ? firstlen : undef,
		leveldown = flatten(v)
	) is_list(leveldown[0])? (
		concat([first],_array_dim_recurse(leveldown))
	) : [first];


// Function: array_dim()
// Usage:
//   array_dim(v, [depth])
// Description:
//   Returns the size of a multi-dimensional array.  Returns a list of
//   dimension lengths.  The length of `v` is the dimension `0`.  The
//   length of the items in `v` is dimension `1`.  The length of the
//   items in the items in `v` is dimension `2`, etc.  For each dimension,
//   if the length of items at that depth is inconsistent, `undef` will
//   be returned.  If no items of that dimension depth exist, `0` is
//   returned.  Otherwise, the consistent length of items in that
//   dimensional depth is returned.
// Arguments:
//   v = Array to get dimensions of.
//   depth = Dimension to get size of.  If not given, returns a list of dimension lengths.
// Examples:
//   array_dim([[[1,2,3],[4,5,6]],[[7,8,9],[10,11,12]]]);     // Returns [2,2,3]
//   array_dim([[[1,2,3],[4,5,6]],[[7,8,9],[10,11,12]]], 0);  // Returns 2
//   array_dim([[[1,2,3],[4,5,6]],[[7,8,9],[10,11,12]]], 2);  // Returns 3
//   array_dim([[[1,2,3],[4,5,6]],[[7,8,9]]]);                // Returns [2,undef,3]
function array_dim(v, depth=undef) =
	(depth == undef)? (
		concat([len(v)], _array_dim_recurse(v))
	) : (depth == 0)? (
		len(v)
	) : (
		let(dimlist = _array_dim_recurse(v))
		(depth > len(dimlist))? 0 : dimlist[depth-1]
	);



// Function: transpose()
// Description: Returns the transposition of the given array.
// Example:
//   arr = [
//       ["a", "b", "c"],
//       ["d", "e", "f"],
//       ["g", "h", "i"]
//   ];
//   t = transpose(arr);
//   // Returns:
//   // [
//   //     ["a", "d", "g"],
//   //     ["b", "e", "h"],
//   //     ["c", "f", "i"],
//   // ]
// Example:
//   arr = [
//       ["a", "b", "c"],
//       ["d", "e", "f"]
//   ];
//   t = transpose(arr);
//   // Returns:
//   // [
//   //     ["a", "d"],
//   //     ["b", "e"],
//   //     ["c", "f"],
//   // ]
// Example:
//   transpose([3,4,5]);  // Returns: [3,4,5]
function transpose(arr) =
	is_list(arr[0])? [for (i=[0:1:len(arr[0])-1]) [for (j=[0:1:len(arr)-1]) arr[j][i]]] : arr;




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