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Matrix challenges are popular. There's an issue of how to provide test cases. A common method is the row-wise array-of-arrays representation, such as:

[[1,2],[3,4],[5,6]] -> a 3 by 2 matrix

This is good with vertical space, but there's always the task of converting the test cases into something your language can use, and vice versa for producing test cases to this format.

So this is a challenge and also a repository of conversion functions that people can use when trying or composing matrix challenges.

Defining the format

A row string of length m is a comma-separated list of m ≥ 1 numbers, enclosed in square brackets.

A row-wise n×m array-of-arrays string is a comma-separated list of n ≥ 1 row strings of length m enclosed in square brackets with the following whitespace rules:

  • has no whitespace before the first [ or after the last ], except for an optional trailing newline.
  • otherwise may contain spaces

The challenge

Produce two* programs/functions in your language:

  1. one which takes a rowwise n×m array-of-arrays string as an input, and outputs the matrix (as implemented in the language.)

  2. another one which takes an n×m matrix (as implemented in the language) as an input and outputs the rowwise n×m array-of-arrays string.

*It is allowed for one program/function to perform both tasks and you can have helper code used by both conversion functions.

Rules

  • To be clear: the language must support matrices (or something equivalent like 2D arrays - the name is not important) because the output/input of the two tasks needs to be an actual matrix in the language.
  • This is .
  • Fewest total number of bytes (from all functions and any helper code) in each language wins.
  • If one program or function does both conversions, only count those bytes once.
  • Standard rules apply/loopholes forbidden.

Test strings

[[1]]
[ [ 1, 2 ], [ 3, 4 ] ]
[[1.2,3.4,5.6],[3,2,1], [10, 11, 12.1]]

Not really possible to provide test matrices.

A non-golfed, possibly not bug-free worked example

I hope this doesn't violate the "don't answer your own question" guideline.

The R function I use to convert from string to matrix

The R function I use to convert from matrix to string

Here's the Sandbox and a related question.

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closed as unclear what you're asking by Shaggy, pajonk, Wheat Wizard, Muhammad Salman, Mnemonic Jun 1 '18 at 19:01

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  • \$\begingroup\$ So are either of the inputs actually strings? ("A row string of length m is a comma-separated list...A row-wise n×m array-of-arrays string is a comma-separated list" - I'd expect these to be flat strings as if copied from a challenge). \$\endgroup\$ – Jonathan Allan Jun 1 '18 at 16:38
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    \$\begingroup\$ ...i.e. would Python have a valid 7-byte total submission of eval and str? TIO \$\endgroup\$ – Jonathan Allan Jun 1 '18 at 16:55
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    \$\begingroup\$ Can you please add some test cases? \$\endgroup\$ – Shaggy Jun 1 '18 at 17:22
  • \$\begingroup\$ ... And a worked example? \$\endgroup\$ – Shaggy Jun 1 '18 at 17:34
  • \$\begingroup\$ @JonathanAllan One input is a string. The other input is a matrix. The term "list" was used colloquially, and not meant to imply any meaning of the word "list" in a programming or computer science sense. I'm happy to use another term. \$\endgroup\$ – ngm Jun 1 '18 at 17:35
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Japt, 30 bytes

F=_OxZ}G=_Oo'[+Zm_'[+Z+']} +']

Try it online!

Function F converts a string into a matrix, and function G converts a matrix into a string.

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