Way more inefficient version of pingala with better padding.

impls/pingala.cpp

@@ -4,38 +4,39 @@
  */
 
 #include <cstdio>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-void padding(size_t n, size_t depth)
-{
-  for (size_t i = 0; i < ((depth - n) / 2); ++i)
-    printf("\t");
-}
-
-void generate_triangle(const size_t depth)
+std::vector<std::string> generate_triangle(const size_t depth)
 {
+  std::vector<std::string> levels;
   std::vector<size_t> items;
+  std::stringstream ss;
+  levels.reserve(depth);
   items.reserve(depth * depth);
+
 #define AT(i, j) items[((i) * depth) + (j)]
   AT(0, 0) = 1;
-  padding(0, depth);
-  printf("%lu\n", items[0]);
+  levels.push_back("1");
   for (size_t i = 1; i < depth; ++i)
   {
     AT(i, 0) = 1;
-    padding(i, depth);
-    printf("%lu,\t", AT(i, 0));
+    ss << "1 ";
     for (size_t j = 1; j < i; ++j)
     {
-      // Recurrence relation
       AT(i, j) = AT(i - 1, j - 1) + AT(i - 1, j);
-      printf("%lu,\t", AT(i, j));
+      ss << AT(i, j) << " ";
     }
     AT(i, i) = 1;
-    printf("%lu\n", AT(i, i));
+    ss << "1";
+    levels.push_back(ss.str());
+    ss.str(std::string{});
   }
 #undef AT
+
+  return levels;
 }
 
 void usage(FILE *fp)
@@ -46,18 +47,28 @@ void usage(FILE *fp)
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-  if (argc < 2)
-  {
-    usage(stderr);
-    return 1;
-  }
-  int arg = std::stoi(argv[1]);
-  if (arg <= 0)
-  {
-    usage(stderr);
-    return 1;
-  }
+  // Variable declarations
+  std::vector<std::string> levels;
+  int depth = 0;
 
-  generate_triangle(arg);
+  if (argc < 2)
+    goto error;
+  depth = std::stoi(argv[1]);
+  if (depth <= 0)
+    goto error;
+
+  levels = generate_triangle(depth);
+  for (const auto &level : levels)
+  {
+    for (size_t i = 0;
+         i < (levels[levels.size() - 1].size() - level.size()) / 2; ++i)
+    {
+      printf(" ");
+    }
+    printf("%s\n", level.c_str());
+  }
   return 0;
+error:
+  usage(stderr);
+  return 1;
 }