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Pascal's triangle in Haskell
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import Control.Applicative ((<$>)) | |
center :: String -> Int -> String | |
center s n = spaces ++ s ++ spaces | |
where spaces = replicate ((n - length s) `div` 2) ' ' | |
-- http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Blow_your_mind, Ctrl-F "pascal" | |
pascal :: [[Int]] | |
pascal = iterate (\row -> zipWith (+) ([0] ++ row) (row ++ [0])) [1] | |
main :: IO () | |
main = mapM_ putStrLn $ ((flip center 40 . unwords) . map show) <$> take 10 pascal | |
-- equivalently, more elaborated | |
main' = display $ prettify $ stringify $ take 10 pascal | |
where stringify = (fmap . fmap) show | |
prettify = fmap (flip center 40 . unwords) | |
display = mapM_ putStrLn | |
{- | |
1 | |
1 1 | |
1 2 1 | |
1 3 3 1 | |
1 4 6 4 1 | |
1 5 10 10 5 1 | |
1 6 15 20 15 6 1 | |
1 7 21 35 35 21 7 1 | |
1 8 28 56 70 56 28 8 1 | |
1 9 36 84 126 126 84 36 9 1 | |
-} |
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