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+module Justify 
+    ( makeParagraph
+    ) where
+import Data.Ratio
+
+makeParagraph :: Int -> String -> [String]
+makeParagraph maxl = map (justify maxl) . lineSplit maxl
+
+justify :: Int -> ([String],Int,Int,Bool) -> String
+justify maxl (ws,ccount,wcount,True) = concat $ interweave (reverse ws)
+    $ map f $ splitExtra (wcount-1) extrac
+  where
+    f n = replicate (n+1) ' '
+    extrac = maxl - (ccount + wcount - 1)
+justify _ (ws,_,_,False) = unwords $ reverse ws
+
+interweave :: [a] -> [a] -> [a]
+interweave (x:xs) (y:ys) = x:y:interweave xs ys
+interweave xs ys = xs ++ ys
+
+splitExtra :: Int -> Int -> [Int]
+splitExtra nword nchar = zipWith (-) flist (0:flist)
+  where
+    flist = map floor $ scanl1 (+) $ replicate nword (nchar % nword)
+
+lineSplit :: Int -> String -> [([String],Int,Int,Bool)]
+lineSplit maxl s = f ([],0,0,False) $ words s
+  where
+    f (curline,ccount,wcount,_) (wrd:wrds)
+        | ccount + wcount + length wrd > maxl = (curline,ccount,wcount,True) : f ([wrd],length wrd,1,False) wrds
+        | otherwise = f (wrd:curline, ccount + length wrd, wcount+1,False) wrds
+    f x [] = [x]