/**
  original: the tensor to modify
  axis: the axis to splice in
  start: the position in the given axis to begin splicing from
  deleteCount: how many frames to remove from the tensor
  toInsert: the tensor to insert at "start" (all axes must match except for "axis")
*/
function spliceTensor(original, axis, start, deleteCount, toInsert)
{
  var preStart = original.shape.map((e) => 0);
  var preEnd = original.shape.map((e, i) => i == axis ? start : e);
  var postStart = original.shape.map((e, i) => i == axis ? (start + deleteCount) : 0);
  var postEnd = original.shape.map((e, i) => i == axis ? (e - (start + deleteCount)) : e);

  var pre = preEnd[axis] == 0 ? null : original.slice(preStart, preEnd);
  var post = postStart[axis] == original.shape[axis] ? null : original.slice(postStart, postEnd);

  var toConcat = [];
  if(pre != null) { toConcat.push(pre); }
  if(toInsert != null) { toConcat.push(toInsert); }
  if(post != null) { toConcat.push(post); }

  return tf.concat(toConcat, axis);
}



/* usage */

var tf = require("@tensorflow/tfjs-core")

var orig = tf.ones([4, 4]);
var vertical = tf.zeros([4, 2]);
var horizontal = tf.zeros([2, 4]);

orig.print();
vertical.print();
horizontal.print();

var spliced = spliceTensor(orig, 1, 2, 0, vertical);
spliced.print();
/**
Tensor
    [[1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1],
     [1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1],
     [1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1],
     [1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1]]
*/

spliced = spliceTensor(orig, 0, 2, 1, horizontal);
spliced.print();
/**
Tensor
    [[1, 1, 1, 1],
     [1, 1, 1, 1],
     [0, 0, 0, 0],
     [0, 0, 0, 0],
     [1, 1, 1, 1]]
*/

spliced = spliceTensor(orig, 0, 2, 1);
spliced.print();
/*
Tensor
    [[1, 1, 1, 1],
     [1, 1, 1, 1],
     [1, 1, 1, 1]]
*/