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- # Spiral
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- bad attempts at solving interview questions
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- ## The Problem - Verbatim
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- Write a small program which:
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- accepts on the command line an odd number N
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- outputs a sequence of numbers corresponding to the following steps:
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- the numbers 1 through N^2 are written in a grid
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- the first number in the sequence is the number in the center of the grid
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- the subsequent numbers are found by spiraling out clockwise, starting to the right
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- For example, for N = 3 we have the grid:
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- ```
- 1 2 3
- 4 5 6
- 7 8 9
- ```
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- So we start with 5, head right to 6, then down to 9, left through 8 and 7, up through 4 and 1 and finally right through 2 and 3. This gives the output:
- 5, 6, 9, 8, 7, 4, 1, 2, 3, end
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- For N=5 the output should be:
- 13, 14, 19, 18, 17, 12, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 16, 11, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, end
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- IMPORTANT: your solution should not make use of arrays or matrices of numbers. If you are unable to determine a way to solve it without arrays/matrices then a solution with them is better than no solution.
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- ## Compiling and Running
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- ```
- ghc -O2 -Wall Spiral.hs -o spiral
- ./spiral
- ```
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