[Haskell-beginners] nim programme

[Peter Verswyvelen]

Hi John,

regarding the first problem, just provide the type of your range explicitly:

nim = do
  let range = (1,10) :: (Int,Int)
  x <- getStdRandom $ randomR range
  y <- getStdRandom $ randomR range
  z <- getStdRandom $ randomR range
  return [x,y,z]

This is because the annoying monomorphism restriction, which will most
likely be reduced in the next version of Haskell.

You can also disable this restriction:

{-# LANGUAGE NoMonomorphismRestriction #-}

import System.Random

nim = do
  let range = (1,10) -- no explicit type annotation needed anymore
  x <- getStdRandom $ randomR range
  y <- getStdRandom $ randomR range
  z <- getStdRandom $ randomR range
  return [x,y,z]

Cheers,
Peter

On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 7:57 PM, John Moore <john.moore54 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>         I'm attempting to write a program for the game nim.(The game of Nim
> is played with two players and several piles of stones. On each move a
> player removes as many stones as they would like but form only one pile. The
> player who takes the last stone wins) It not as simple as I first thought.
> Here is my basic starting points. Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
> I not well versed in Haskell yet so simple(basic) Haskell rather than well
> written haskell if you understand what I mean. Complicated monads are way
> out of my league.
>
>
> 1) I first get the program to give me three random piles by doing
>     nim = do
>   x <- getStdRandom $ randomR (1,10)
>   y <- getStdRandom $ randomR (1,10)
>   z <- getStdRandom $ randomR (1,10)
>   return [x,y,z]
>  Cant get this to work!
> 2) Now I need to get the program to ask for a number and which pile to
> remove the number  from. This is tricky I thought about asking to find the
> elementAt
> elementAt :: [a] -> Int -> a
> elementAt list i = list !! (i-1) put this in a variable
> then asking the palyer how many to take away.
>  and then subtracting the number from and then putting it back into the list
> but this seem impossible.
> Then the second player would do the same.
> 3) Finally we would end up with a case statement like
> f x = in case of x
> [0,0,1]-> You win
> [0,1,0]-> You win
> [0,0,1]-> You win
> [_,_,_]-> keep playing.
>
> Lets know what you think please, getting confused.
>
> John
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