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Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford / 2019 / Functional programming, design and analysis of algorithms / 3 / d / Solution by

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Construct each possible winning line, then test whether one is contained in the player's occupancy set:

winningLines :: [Places]
winningLines =
  [[(r,c) | c <- [0..2]] | r <- [0..2]] ++
  [[(r,c) | r <- [0..2]] | c <- [0..2]] ++
  [[(i,i) | i <- [0..2]], [(i,2-i) | i <- [0..2]]]

won :: Places -> Bool
won ps = any (\line -> all (`elem` ps) line) winningLines

The list comprehension generates three rows, three columns and two diagonals. Each has exactly three coordinates; therefore all holds precisely when every coordinate of that line is occupied by this player. Taking any over the eight lines proves the win test correct.

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