566. Reshape the Matrix

In MATLAB, there is a very useful function called ‘reshape’, which can reshape a matrix into a new one with different size but keep its original data.
You’re given a matrix represented by a two-dimensional array, and two positive integers r and c representing the row number and column number of the wanted reshaped matrix, respectively.
The reshaped matrix need to be filled with all the elements of the original matrix in the same row-traversing order as they were.
If the ‘reshape’ operation with given parameters is possible and legal, output the new reshaped matrix; Otherwise, output the original matrix.
Example 1:
Input:
nums =
[[1,2],
[3,4]]
r = 1, c = 4
Output:
[[1,2,3,4]]
Explanation:
The row-traversing of nums is [1,2,3,4]. The new reshaped matrix is a 1 * 4 matrix, fill it row by row by using the previous list.

Example 2:
Input:
nums =
[[1,2],
[3,4]]
r = 2, c = 4
Output:
[[1,2],
[3,4]]
Explanation:
There is no way to reshape a 2 * 2 matrix to a 2 * 4 matrix. So output the original matrix.

class Solution(object):
def matrixReshape(self, nums, r, c):
“””
:type nums: List[List[int]]
:type r: int
:type c: int
:rtype: List[List[int]]
“””
flat = sum(nums, [])
if len(flat) != r * c:
return nums
tuples = zip(([iter(flat)] c))
return map(list, tuples)

1、nums=[[1],[2],[3]]经过sum函数变成[1,2,3]
2、map函数是高阶函数
3、
iter函数把参数变成可迭代对象
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for *: ‘tupleiterator’ and ‘int’
x = [1, 2, 3]
r = zip(* [x] * 3)
print r
运行的结果是：

[(1, 1, 1), (2, 2, 2), (3, 3, 3)]

它的运行机制是这样的：

[x]生成一个列表的列表，它只有一个元素x

[x] * 3生成一个列表的列表，它有3个元素，[x, x, x]

zip(* [x] * 3)的意思就明确了，zip(x, x, x)