On 2005-12-21 at 18:10GMT Daniel Carrera wrote: > Daniel Carrera wrote: > > Hey, > > > > The sqrt function is not doing what I want. This is what I want: > > > > round sqrt(2) > > Sigh... never fails. Spend an hour trying to solve a problem, and a > minute after you write to the list you find the solution. I need > brackets around sqrt. I'm surprised though. I don't understand why it > dosn't work without brackets.
Elementary syntax. Function application needs no parentheses and associates left, so sqrt 2 is fine, and what you wrote means (round sqrt) 2 whereas what you want is round (sqrt 2) -- Jón Fairbairn Jon.Fairbairn at cl.cam.ac.uk _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
