Combine 2 list functions into 1?

Question

How would I combine the following 2 functions:

replaceNth n newVal (x:xs)
 | n == 0 = newVal:xs
 | otherwise = x:replaceNth (n-1) newVal xs

replaceMthNth m n v arg = replaceNth m (replaceNth n v (arg !! m)) arg

into a single function?

Is it possible?

Answer 1

This is pretty hideous but it does the job:

replacemn 0 0 z ((x : xs) : xss) = (z : xs) : xss
replacemn 0 n z ((x : xs) : xss) =
  let (ys : yss) = replacemn 0 (n-1) z (xs : xss)
  in ((x : ys) : yss)
replacemn m n z (xs:xss) = xs : replacemn (m-1) n z xss