How to transpose a matrix in prolog

Question

How can I transpose a list like [[1,2,3][4,5,6][6,7,8]] to [[1,4,6],[2,7,8],[3,6,9]]?

To depict it: I\'d like to flip the matrix 90 degree

Answer 1

simpler approach:

trans(M, [P|T]):- first(M, P, A), trans(A, T).
trans(Empty, []):- empty(Empty).

empty([[]|T]):- empty(T).
empty([[]]).

first([[P|A]|R], [P|Ps], [A|As]):- first(R, Ps, As).
first([], [], []).

efficient also

[debug] 36 ?- time(trans([[1,2,3],[4,5,6],[7,8,9]],A)).
% 21 inferences, 0.000 CPU in 0.000 seconds (?% CPU, Infinite Lips)
A = [[1,4,7],[2,5,8],[3,6,9]] ;
% 12 inferences, 0.000 CPU in 0.000 seconds (?% CPU, Infinite Lips)
false.