local array = {};

local array_mt = { __index = array, __tostring = function (array) return array:concat(", "); end };

local function new_array(_, t)

	return setmetatable(t or {}, array_mt);

end

setmetatable(array, { __call = new_array });

function array:map(func, t2)

	local t2 = t2 or array{};

	for k,v in ipairs(self) do

		t2[k] = func(v);

	end

	return t2;

end

function array:filter(func, t2)

	local t2 = t2 or array{};

	for k,v in ipairs(self) do

		if func(v) then

			t2:push(v);

		end

	end

	return t2;

end

array.push = table.insert;

array.pop = table.remove;

array.sort = table.sort;

array.concat = table.concat;

array.length = function (t) return #t; end

function array:random()

	return self[math.random(1,#self)];

end

function array:shuffle()

	local len = #self;

	for i=1,#self do

		local r = math.random(i,len);

		self[i], self[r] = self[r], self[i];

	end

end

function array:reverse()

	local len = #self-1;

	for i=len,1,-1 do

		self:push(self[i]);

		self:pop(i);

	end

end

function array.collect(f, s, var)

	local t, var = {};

	while true do

		var = f(s, var);

	        if var == nil then break; end

		table.insert(t, var);

	end

	return setmetatable(t, array_mt);

end

_G.array = array;

module("array");

return array;