c.clj

(use '[clojure.string :as s])

(defn remove-whitespace "Given a string representing some Clojure code as input, remove superfluous whitespace." [c] (s/replace c #"\s+" " "))

(defn parens->indents "Given a list of lines in which each begins an expression, prepends a newline and the appropriate number of tabs to each line." [c] (map (fn [a b] (str "\n" (apply str (repeat a "\t")) b)) (indent-levels (match-parens c)) (split-on-all-parens c)))

(defn remove-empty-lines "Given a list of strings, filters out any string which contains no word characters." [l] (filter (fn [c] (< 0 (count (re-seq #"\w" c)))) l))

(defn indent-levels "Given a list of lines of code, determine the appropriate number of tabs for each line." [l] (reduce (fn [a b] (conj a (+ (peek a) (if (= b ")") -1 1)))) [-1] l))
                                                                          
(defn match-parens "Given a string of code, return a list of all the parentheses in the code, in the order in which they appear." [c] (re-seq #"[\)\(]" c))

(defn split-on-all-parens "Given a string of code, return a list split into parts by the locations of parentheses." [c] (s/split c #"[\)\(]"))

(defn pythonize "Takes a string of Clojure code, and converts parentheses to tabs and newlines for clarity of reading." [c] (-> c remove-whitespace parens->indents remove-empty-lines (partial apply str)))