On 2/13/07, keepbal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
For example,
(...
$arr['a']='1'; $arr['b']='2'; $arr['c']='3';
...) result:
a = 1 b = 2 c = 3
------------- Haskell solution: build the array of all lower case with corresponding numbers starting with 1 Prelude> let lowerCaseTable = zip ['a'..'z'] [1..26] A couple of functions: Prelude> let box a = a:[] Prelude> let formatTableItems (a,b) = (box a) ++ " = " ++ (show b) ++ "\n" Then to output the results: putStrLn $ foldr (++) "\n"$ map formatTableItems lowerCaseTable a = 1 b = 2 c = 3 d = 4 e = 5 f = 6 g = 7 h = 8 i = 9 j = 10 k = 11 l = 12 m = 13 n = 14 o = 15 p = 16 q = 17 r = 18 s = 19 t = 20 u = 21 v = 22 w = 23 x = 24 y = 25 z = 26 I think that is pretty simple... Good cheer to all from the desert, gene _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe