JaeHyoLee's solution to Matrix on the Lua track

Instructions

Test suite

Solution

Given a string representing a matrix of numbers, return the rows and columns of that matrix.

So given a string with embedded newlines like:

9 8 7
5 3 2
6 6 7

representing this matrix:

    0  1  2
  |---------
0 | 9  8  7
1 | 5  3  2
2 | 6  6  7

your code should be able to spit out:

A list of the rows, reading each row left-to-right while moving top-to-bottom across the rows,
A list of the columns, reading each column top-to-bottom while moving from left-to-right.

The rows for our example matrix:

9, 8, 7
5, 3, 2
6, 6, 7

And its columns:

9, 5, 6
8, 3, 6
7, 2, 7

Running the tests

To run the tests, run the command busted from within the exercise directory.

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matrix_spec.lua

local Matrix = require('matrix')

describe('matrix', function()
  it('should allow rows to be extracted', function()
    local matrix = Matrix('1 2 3\n4 5 6\n7 8 9')
    assert.same({ 1, 2, 3 }, matrix.row(1))
    assert.same({ 4, 5, 6 }, matrix.row(2))
    assert.same({ 7, 8, 9 }, matrix.row(3))
  end)

  it('should allow columns to be extracted', function()
    local matrix = Matrix('1 2 3\n4 5 6\n7 8 9')
    assert.same({ 1, 4, 7 }, matrix.column(1))
    assert.same({ 2, 5, 8 }, matrix.column(2))
    assert.same({ 3, 6, 9 }, matrix.column(3))
  end)

  it('should support values of varying sizes', function()
    local matrix = Matrix('1 2 3\n4 12345 6\n7 8 9')
    assert.same({ 4, 12345, 6 }, matrix.row(2))
    assert.same({ 2, 12345, 8 }, matrix.column(2))
  end)

  it('should support matrices of varying sizes', function()
    local matrix = Matrix('1 2\n3 4\n5 6')
    assert.same({ 3, 4 }, matrix.row(2))
    assert.same({ 2, 4, 6 }, matrix.column(2))
  end)
end)

local function Matrix(input)
  local row_table = {}

  for line in input:gmatch('[%d ]+') do
    table.insert(row_table, line)
  end

  local function row(index)
    local result = {}
    local row_string = row_table[index]
    for w in row_table[index]:gmatch('%d+') do
      table.insert(result, tonumber(w))
    end
    return result
  end

  local function column(index)
    local rows
    local result = {}
    for i = 1, #row_table do
      rows = row(i)
      table.insert(result, rows[index])
    end
    return result
  end

  return { row = row, column = column }
end

return Matrix

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