I'm messing around with printing a random 2d array of Ints, in this simple image format (PPM)
0 1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1 0
0 1 1 0 0
0 1 1 1 0
0 0 0 1 0
Below is my code, which works, but seems like way too much code for such a simple operation. Is there a better way to do this?
import System.Random
import Data.Array.IArray
main = do
g <- newStdGen
let img = listArray ((0,0),(5,5)) ( myRands g ) :: Array (Int,Int) Int
putStrLn $ printArray img
myRands :: RandomGen g => g -> [Int]
myRands g = randomRs (0,1) g
make2dRange :: Int -> Int -> Int -> Int -> [(Int,Int)]
make2dRange x1 y1 x2 y2 = range ((x1,y1),(x2,y2))
printArray :: ( Array (Int,Int) Int ) -> String
printArray arr = unlines rows
where rows = map (unwords . map (show . (!) arr)) rowIndices
rowIndices = map ( \y -> make2dRange 0 y 5 y ) [0..5]
Other than the obvious, of course (array dimensions are hardcoded, for example)
I would use list comprehensions to manipulate the indices.