use strict; use warnings; my $n = shift; my $count = 1; my @matrix; push @matrix, [(0)] for (1..$n); buildRing (0, $n - 1); my $width = length sprintf ("%s", '' . $count); my $format = "%${width}d"; print "" . (join " ", map {sprintf $format, $_} @{$matrix[$_]}) . "\n" for (0..($n-1)); sub buildRing { my ($first, $last) = @_; $matrix[$first][$_] = $count++ for ($first..$last); $matrix[$_][$last] = $count++ for (($first+1)..$last); $matrix[$last][$last-$_+$first-1] = $count++ for ($first..$last-1); for ($_ = --$last; $_ > $first; --$_) {$matrix[$_][$first] = $count++} $matrix[$first][$last] = $count if (++$first == $last); buildRing ($first, $last) if ($first<$last); }