> Also xs is of what type? list of values? So does this mean x is an element
> and xs must be of type list
Exactly.
x is of type Char and xs is of type [Char].
The list concatenation function (++) expects both of its arguments to be lists,
so that's the reason you need to turn a Char x into a list containing only one
value ([x]).
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Sincerely yours,
Daniil Frumin
Angus Comber <anguscom...@gmail.com="mailto:anguscom...@gmail.com";>> wrote:
I am reading Learn you a Haskell for great good and on page 40 - as-patterns.
I have changed the example slightly to be:
firstLetter :: String -> String
firstLetter "" = "Empty string, oops"
firstLetter all@(x:xs) = "The first letter of " ++ all ++ " is " ++ [x] ++ "
otherbit " ++ xs
Then can use like this:
*Main> firstLetter "Qwerty"
"The first letter of Qwerty is Q otherbit werty"
But I was confused about the difference between [x] and x and why I have to use
[x] in the above example.
For example if I change to
firstLetter :: String -> String
firstLetter "" = "Empty string, oops"
firstLetter all@(x:xs) = "The first letter of " ++ all ++ " is " ++ x ++ "
otherbit " ++ xs
I get error:
Couldn't match expected type `[Char]' with actual type `Char'
In the first argument of `(++)', namely `x'
In the second argument of `(++)', namely `x ++ " otherbit " ++ xs'
In the second argument of `(++)', namely
`" is " ++ x ++ " otherbit " ++ xs'
I can use xs to print "werty" but have to use [x] to print "Q". Why is that?
What does [x] mean?
In the (x:xs) : just delimits each element. so x is the first element. Why can
I not print by using x?
Also xs is of what type? list of values? So does this mean x is an element and
xs must be of type list? Confused...
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