http://qs321.pair.com?node_id=665263


in reply to Golf/Perlish solution to this problem?

If you are golfing then 

@n = map { $n + 1 - $_, $_ } 1 .. $n / 2;

[download]
if it the divisible by 4 constraint wasn't present then a little more care is required 
use integer;
@n = map { $n + 1 - $_, $_ } 1 .. $n / 2;
push @n, $n / 2 + 1 if $n % 2;

[download]

Update: As kindly pointed out by fellow monks I misread the specs. For the sake of completeness I give a correct (I hope) solution in the same vein as the previous offerings. 

@n = map { $n + 2 - 2 * $_, 2 * $_ - 1, 2 * $_, $n + 1 - 2 * $_ } 1 ..
+ $n / 4;

[download]
Unfortunately it's not as golfy but it is still cryptic looking;-)

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^2: Golf/Perlish solution to this problem?
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 31, 2008 at 02:51 UTC
    That gives 81726354 instead of 81276345
[reply]

      Silly me, I misread the problem.

[reply]
Re^2: Golf/Perlish solution to this problem?
by GrandFather (Saint) on Jan 31, 2008 at 02:59 UTC

    Except it gives the wrong answer:

    Wanted: 8 1 2 7 6 3 4 5
 Given: 8 1 7 2 6 3 5 4

    [download]

    Less important - the OP seems to want the array elements in that order rather than just a numeric sequence, but that's trivial to fix by using a slice.

    Perl is environmentally friendly - it saves trees
[reply]
[d/l]
      Less important - the OP seems to want the array elements in that order rather than just a numeric sequence

      Except that the array elements that the OP wants in that order are: "I have the numbers 1 to n". I doubt s/he cares whether it is his/her original 1..n or just a generated numeric sequence. Just FYI.

      - tye        

[reply]

In Section Seekers of Perl Wisdom