namespace AdventOfCode.Utils.Extensions; public static class LinqExtensions { /// /// Returns a slice of the given list /// /// The list you pretend to slice /// The first index of the slice /// The index after the last index of the slice /// public static List Sublist(this List list, int startIndex, int endIndex = default) { var result = new List(); if (endIndex == default) endIndex = list.Count; for (var i = startIndex; i < endIndex; i++) result.Add(list[i]); return result; } /// /// Returns a column of a give matrix list /// /// 2 dimensions list /// Column index /// public static List GetColumn(this List> list, int column) { var result = new List(); foreach (var row in list) result.AddRange(row.Where((t, i) => i == column)); return result; } /// /// Reverses a given list /// /// The list to reverse /// The reversed list public static List Reversed(this List list) { var reversed = new List(); for (var i = 0; i < list.Count; i++) reversed.Add(list[list.Count - 1 - i]); return reversed; } /// /// Clones a list of elements /// /// The original list /// A copy of the original list public static List Clone(this List original) { var ret = new List(original.Count); foreach (var element in original) ret.Add(element); return ret; } public static Dictionary Clone (this Dictionary original) where TValue : ICloneable where TKey : notnull { var ret = new Dictionary(original.Count, original.Comparer); foreach (var entry in original) ret.Add(entry.Key, (TValue)entry.Value.Clone()); return ret; } public static Dictionary> Clone (this Dictionary> original) where TKey : notnull { var ret = new Dictionary>(original.Count, original.Comparer); foreach (var entry in original) ret.Add(entry.Key, entry.Value.Clone()); return ret; } public static void Fill(this List list, int count, T element) where T : ICloneable { for (var i = 0; i < count; i++) list.Add(element); } public static void Fill(this List> list, int count, List element) { for (var i = 0; i < count; i++) list.Add(element.Clone()); } public static void Set(this List list, int index, T element) { var backup = list.Clone(); list.Clear(); for (var i = 0; i < list.Count; i++) list.Add(i == index ? element : list[i]); } }