Hi, all.
Plenty of answers. Thank you.
Putting the list in the IO monad was deliberate. Another one I was looking at
was
f :: String -> IO String
f s = do return s
main = do ios <- f "hello"
fmap tail ios
which worked fine
So, the big error was trying to add 1 + [1,2,3,4,5].
I considered that I needed an additional fmap and thought I had tried
fmap (fmap (1+)) iol
but must have messed it up, because I got an error. I guess I was on the right
track.
I like to try various combinations to test my understanding. It's kind of
embarrassing when I get stumped by something simple like this, but that's how
one learns.
Thanks again,
Michael
--- On Fri, 12/17/10, Daniel Fischer <daniel.is.fisc...@googlemail.com> wrote:
From: Daniel Fischer <daniel.is.fisc...@googlemail.com>
Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Why is Haskell flagging this?
To: haskell-cafe@haskell.org
Cc: "michael rice" <nowg...@yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, December 17, 2010, 4:24 PM
On Friday 17 December 2010 18:04:20, michael rice wrote:
> I don't understand this error message. Haskell appears not to understand
> that 1 is a Num.
>
> Prelude> :t 1
> 1 :: (Num t) => t
> Prelude> :t [1,2,3,4,5]
> [1,2,3,4,5] :: (Num t) => [t]
> Prelude>
>
> Michael
>
> ===================
>
> f :: [Int] -> IO [Int]
> f lst = do return lst
>
> main = do let lst = f [1,2,3,4,5]
> fmap (+1) lst
The fmap is relative to IO, your code is equivalent to
do let lst = (return [1,2,3,4,5])
fmap (+1) lst
~>
fmap (+1) (return [1,2,3,4,5])
~>
do lst <- return [1,2,3,4,5]
return $ (+1) lst
but there's no instance Num [Int] in scope
You probably meant
do let lst = f [1,2,3,4,5]
fmap (map (+1)) lst
>
> ===============================
>
> Prelude> :l test
> [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( test.hs, interpreted )
>
> test.hs:5:17:
> No instance for (Num [Int])
> arising from the literal `1' at test.hs:5:17
> Possible fix: add an instance declaration for (Num [Int])
> In the second argument of `(+)', namely `1'
> In the first argument of `fmap', namely `(+ 1)'
> In the expression: fmap (+ 1) lst
> Failed, modules loaded: none.
> Prelude>
--- On Fri, 12/17/10, Daniel Fischer <daniel.is.fisc...@googlemail.com> wrote:
From: Daniel Fischer <daniel.is.fisc...@googlemail.com>
Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Why is Haskell flagging this?
To: haskell-cafe@haskell.org
Cc: "michael rice" <nowg...@yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, December 17, 2010, 4:24 PM
On Friday 17 December 2010 18:04:20, michael rice wrote:
> I don't understand this error message. Haskell appears not to understand
> that 1 is a Num.
>
> Prelude> :t 1
> 1 :: (Num t) => t
> Prelude> :t [1,2,3,4,5]
> [1,2,3,4,5] :: (Num t) => [t]
> Prelude>
>
> Michael
>
> ===================
>
> f :: [Int] -> IO [Int]
> f lst = do return lst
>
> main = do let lst = f [1,2,3,4,5]
> fmap (+1) lst
The fmap is relative to IO, your code is equivalent to
do let lst = (return [1,2,3,4,5])
fmap (+1) lst
~>
fmap (+1) (return [1,2,3,4,5])
~>
do lst <- return [1,2,3,4,5]
return $ (+1) lst
but there's no instance Num [Int] in scope
You probably meant
do let lst = f [1,2,3,4,5]
fmap (map (+1)) lst
>
> ===============================
>
> Prelude> :l test
> [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( test.hs, interpreted )
>
> test.hs:5:17:
> No instance for (Num [Int])
> arising from the literal `1' at test.hs:5:17
> Possible fix: add an instance declaration for (Num [Int])
> In the second argument of `(+)', namely `1'
> In the first argument of `fmap', namely `(+ 1)'
> In the expression: fmap (+ 1) lst
> Failed, modules loaded: none.
> Prelude>
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