Hi, that would be so much easier to help you if you would have prepared an executable using runelm.io or ellie-app.com.
Taking a quick look at your update function I would suggest: InputEmail email -> { model | email = StringField email (validateEmail email) } ! [] Regards, Witold Szczerba On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 10:08 PM, Michael Johnson < michael.a.johnson...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, new to elm and experimenting around with it and I'm not sure how to > update a sub model. I have not run across an example of this form yet. > Given the following: > > -- MODEL > > > type alias StringField = > { > value : String > , errors : List String > } > > > ------> how to update value and errors fields for email and password in > this model > type alias Model = > { email : StringField > , password : StringField > } > > > initValue : String > initValue = "" > > > initErrors : List String > initErrors = [] > > > initEmail = StringField initValue initErrors > initPassword = StringField initValue initErrors > > > init : (Model, Cmd Msg) > init = > (Model initEmail initPassword, Cmd.none) > > > -- UPDATE > > > type Msg > = InputEmail String > | InputPassword String > | SubmitForm > > update : Msg -> Model -> (Model, Cmd Msg) > update msg model = > case msg of > InputEmail email -> > let > emailModel = model.email > in > > ---->> > { emailModel | value = email, errors = validateEmail email } > ( { model | email = emailModel }, Cmd.none) > > > InputPassword password -> > let > passwordModel = model.password > in > > ---->> > { passwordModel | value = password, errors = validatePassword > password } > ( { model | password = passwordModel }, Cmd.none ) > > > SubmitForm -> > ( model, Cmd.none) > > validateEmail : String -> List String > validateEmail model = > --put validation here > [] > > > validatePassword : String -> List String > validatePassword model = > --put validation here > [] > > I have worked through several iterations and got to this point but it > seems like there should be an easier and more direct way. Plus this is > still producing the following errors: > > -- TYPE MISMATCH ----------------------------------------------- > kitchensink.elm > > > You are giving an argument to something that is not a function! > > > 63| { passwordModel | value = password, errors = validatePassword > password } > > 64|> ( { model | password = passwordModel }, Cmd.none ) > > > Maybe you forgot some parentheses? Or a comma? > > > -- TYPE MISMATCH ----------------------------------------------- > kitchensink.elm > > > You are giving an argument to something that is not a function! > > > 56| { emailModel | value = email, errors = validateEmail email } > > 57|> ( { model | email = emailModel }, Cmd.none) > > > Maybe you forgot some parentheses? Or a comma? > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Elm Discuss" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to elm-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Elm Discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to elm-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.