bool_to_int = {[false] = 0, [true] = 1}

local escapes = {
	{"\\", "b"},
	{"\t", "t"},
	{"\n", "n"},
	{"\r", "r"},
	{"\'", "a"},
	{"\"", "q"},
	{";" , "s"},
	{":" , "c"},
}

function expandescape(str)
	local ostrt = {}
	
	local len = #str
	for i=1, len do
		local ci = str:sub(i, i)
		
		local co = ci
		for escidx, esc in ipairs(escapes) do
			if ci==esc[1] then co = "\\"..esc[2] end
		end
		
		table.insert(ostrt, co)
	end
	
	return table.concat(ostrt)
end

function collapseescape(str)
	local ostrt = {}
	
	local i = 1
	local len = #str
	while i<=len do
		local ci = str:sub(i, i)
		
		local co = ci
		if ci=="\\" and i<len then
			i = i+1
			ci = str:sub(i, i)
			for escidx, esc in ipairs(escapes) do
				if ci==esc[2] then co = esc[1] end
			end
		end
		
		table.insert(ostrt, co)
		i = i+1
	end
	
	return table.concat(ostrt)
end

function tobitstring(num, len)
	local maxval = bit.lshift(1, len)
	if num>=maxval then error("bitstring value too big") end
	
	num = num%maxval
	
	local bitstring = ""
	for i = len, 1, -1 do
		bitstring = bitstring..bit.rshift(bit.band(num, bit.lshift(1, i-1)), i-1)
	end
	
	return bitstring
end

function array_remove(array, value, pass)
	for i = 1, #array do
		local v = array[i]
		if v==value then
			array[i] = array[#array]
			array[#array] = nil
			return
		end
	end
	if not pass then error("element not in array") end
end

function array_add(array, value)
	for i = 1, #array do
		local v = array[i]
		if v==value then return end
	end
	table.insert(array, value)
end

function round(x)
	return math.floor(x+0.5)
end

local units = {
	"uHz",
	"mHz",
	"Hz",
	"kHz",
	"MHz",
	"GHz",
}
function unitize(v)
	local unit = 1
	v = v*1000000
	
	while v >= 1000 do
		v = v/1000
		unit = unit+1
	end
	
	local s
	if v >= 100 then
		s = "" .. round(v/10)*10
	elseif v >= 10 then
		s = "" .. round(v)
	elseif v >= 1 then
		s = "" .. round(v*10)/10
		if #s == 1 then s = s .. ".0" end
	else
		s = 0
	end
	
	return s .. " " .. units[unit]
end

function vectotable(vec)
	local tbl = {}
	for comp in string.gmatch(vec, "([^%s]+)") do
		tbl[#tbl+1] = tonumber(comp)
	end
	return tbl
end

function tabletostring(table)
	local str = tostring(table[1])
	for i = 2, #table do
		str = str .. " " .. tostring(table[i])
	end
	return str
end

function toboolean(value)
	local num = tonumber(value)
	if num == 1 then
		return true
	else
		return false
	end
end