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Pascal's triangle in Haskell
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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