(
 ~bjorklund = {
    arg steps,numBeats;
    var beat = Array(steps);
    var i = 0;

    //initialize array
    steps.do{|i| if (i < numBeats) { beat.add([1]); } {beat.add([0]); }};

    //transform the array
    while ({ steps-numBeats > 0 } , {
        i = 0;
        while ( { i < min(numBeats,steps-numBeats)} , {
            beat[i] = [beat[i],beat.pop].flatten;
            i = i+1;
        });
        steps = beat.size; numBeats = i;
    });

    beat.flatten;

 };

)