| Copyright | (c) The University of Glasgow 2001 |
|---|---|
| License | BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE) |
| Maintainer | libraries@haskell.org |
| Stability | stable |
| Portability | portable |
| Safe Haskell | Trustworthy |
| Language | Haskell2010 |
Prelude
Description
The Prelude: a standard module. The Prelude is imported by default into all Haskell modules unless either there is an explicit import statement for it, or the NoImplicitPrelude extension is enabled.
Synopsis
- data Bool
- (&&) :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool
- (||) :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool
- not :: Bool -> Bool
- otherwise :: Bool
- data Maybe a
- maybe :: b -> (a -> b) -> Maybe a -> b
- data Either a b
- either :: (a -> c) -> (b -> c) -> Either a b -> c
- data Ordering
- data Char
- type String = [Char]
- fst :: (a, b) -> a
- snd :: (a, b) -> b
- curry :: ((a, b) -> c) -> a -> b -> c
- uncurry :: (a -> b -> c) -> (a, b) -> c
- class Eq a where
- class Eq a => Ord a where
- class Enum a where
- succ :: a -> a
- pred :: a -> a
- toEnum :: Int -> a
- fromEnum :: a -> Int
- enumFrom :: a -> [a]
- enumFromThen :: a -> a -> [a]
- enumFromTo :: a -> a -> [a]
- enumFromThenTo :: a -> a -> a -> [a]
- class Bounded a where
- data Int
- data Integer
- data Float
- data Double
- type Rational = Ratio Integer
- data Word
- class Num a where
- class (Num a, Ord a) => Real a where
- toRational :: a -> Rational
- class (Real a, Enum a) => Integral a where
- class Num a => Fractional a where
- (/) :: a -> a -> a
- recip :: a -> a
- fromRational :: Rational -> a
- class Fractional a => Floating a where
- class (Real a, Fractional a) => RealFrac a where
- class (RealFrac a, Floating a) => RealFloat a where
- floatRadix :: a -> Integer
- floatDigits :: a -> Int
- floatRange :: a -> (Int, Int)
- decodeFloat :: a -> (Integer, Int)
- encodeFloat :: Integer -> Int -> a
- exponent :: a -> Int
- significand :: a -> a
- scaleFloat :: Int -> a -> a
- isNaN :: a -> Bool
- isInfinite :: a -> Bool
- isDenormalized :: a -> Bool
- isNegativeZero :: a -> Bool
- isIEEE :: a -> Bool
- atan2 :: a -> a -> a
- subtract :: Num a => a -> a -> a
- even :: Integral a => a -> Bool
- odd :: Integral a => a -> Bool
- gcd :: Integral a => a -> a -> a
- lcm :: Integral a => a -> a -> a
- (^) :: (Num a, Integral b) => a -> b -> a
- (^^) :: (Fractional a, Integral b) => a -> b -> a
- fromIntegral :: (Integral a, Num b) => a -> b
- realToFrac :: (Real a, Fractional b) => a -> b
- class Semigroup a where
- (<>) :: a -> a -> a
- class Semigroup a => Monoid a where
- class Functor (f :: Type -> Type) where
- (<$>) :: Functor f => (a -> b) -> f a -> f b
- class Functor f => Applicative (f :: Type -> Type) where
- class Applicative m => Monad (m :: Type -> Type) where
- class Monad m => MonadFail (m :: Type -> Type) where
- fail :: HasCallStack => String -> m a
- mapM_ :: (Foldable t, Monad m) => (a -> m b) -> t a -> m ()
- sequence_ :: (Foldable t, Monad m) => t (m a) -> m ()
- (=<<) :: Monad m => (a -> m b) -> m a -> m b
- class Foldable (t :: Type -> Type) where
- foldMap :: Monoid m => (a -> m) -> t a -> m
- foldr :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> t a -> b
- foldl :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> t a -> b
- foldl' :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> t a -> b
- foldr1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> t a -> a
- foldl1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> t a -> a
- elem :: Eq a => a -> t a -> Bool
- maximum :: Ord a => t a -> a
- minimum :: Ord a => t a -> a
- sum :: Num a => t a -> a
- product :: Num a => t a -> a
- class (Functor t, Foldable t) => Traversable (t :: Type -> Type) where
- traverse :: Applicative f => (a -> f b) -> t a -> f (t b)
- sequenceA :: Applicative f => t (f a) -> f (t a)
- mapM :: Monad m => (a -> m b) -> t a -> m (t b)
- sequence :: Monad m => t (m a) -> m (t a)
- id :: a -> a
- const :: a -> b -> a
- (.) :: (b -> c) -> (a -> b) -> a -> c
- flip :: (a -> b -> c) -> b -> a -> c
- ($) :: (a -> b) -> a -> b
- until :: (a -> Bool) -> (a -> a) -> a -> a
- asTypeOf :: a -> a -> a
- error :: HasCallStack => [Char] -> a
- errorWithoutStackTrace :: [Char] -> a
- undefined :: HasCallStack => a
- seq :: a -> b -> b
- ($!) :: (a -> b) -> a -> b
- map :: (a -> b) -> [a] -> [b]
- (++) :: [a] -> [a] -> [a]
- filter :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [a]
- head :: HasCallStack => [a] -> a
- last :: HasCallStack => [a] -> a
- tail :: HasCallStack => [a] -> [a]
- init :: HasCallStack => [a] -> [a]
- (!!) :: HasCallStack => [a] -> Int -> a
- null :: Foldable t => t a -> Bool
- length :: Foldable t => t a -> Int
- reverse :: [a] -> [a]
- and :: Foldable t => t Bool -> Bool
- or :: Foldable t => t Bool -> Bool
- any :: Foldable t => (a -> Bool) -> t a -> Bool
- all :: Foldable t => (a -> Bool) -> t a -> Bool
- concat :: Foldable t => t [a] -> [a]
- concatMap :: Foldable t => (a -> [b]) -> t a -> [b]
- scanl :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> [a] -> [b]
- scanl1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> [a] -> [a]
- scanr :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> [a] -> [b]
- scanr1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> [a] -> [a]
- iterate :: (a -> a) -> a -> [a]
- repeat :: a -> [a]
- replicate :: Int -> a -> [a]
- cycle :: HasCallStack => [a] -> [a]
- take :: Int -> [a] -> [a]
- drop :: Int -> [a] -> [a]
- takeWhile :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [a]
- dropWhile :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [a]
- span :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> ([a], [a])
- break :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> ([a], [a])
- splitAt :: Int -> [a] -> ([a], [a])
- notElem :: (Foldable t, Eq a) => a -> t a -> Bool
- lookup :: Eq a => a -> [(a, b)] -> Maybe b
- zip :: [a] -> [b] -> [(a, b)]
- zip3 :: [a] -> [b] -> [c] -> [(a, b, c)]
- zipWith :: (a -> b -> c) -> [a] -> [b] -> [c]
- zipWith3 :: (a -> b -> c -> d) -> [a] -> [b] -> [c] -> [d]
- unzip :: [(a, b)] -> ([a], [b])
- unzip3 :: [(a, b, c)] -> ([a], [b], [c])
- lines :: String -> [String]
- words :: String -> [String]
- unlines :: [String] -> String
- unwords :: [String] -> String
- type ShowS = String -> String
- class Show a where
- shows :: Show a => a -> ShowS
- showChar :: Char -> ShowS
- showString :: String -> ShowS
- showParen :: Bool -> ShowS -> ShowS
- type ReadS a = String -> [(a, String)]
- class Read a where
- reads :: Read a => ReadS a
- readParen :: Bool -> ReadS a -> ReadS a
- read :: Read a => String -> a
- lex :: ReadS String
- data IO a
- putChar :: Char -> IO ()
- putStr :: String -> IO ()
- putStrLn :: String -> IO ()
- print :: Show a => a -> IO ()
- getChar :: IO Char
- getLine :: IO String
- getContents :: IO String
- interact :: (String -> String) -> IO ()
- type FilePath = String
- readFile :: FilePath -> IO String
- writeFile :: FilePath -> String -> IO ()
- appendFile :: FilePath -> String -> IO ()
- readIO :: Read a => String -> IO a
- readLn :: Read a => IO a
- type IOError = IOException
- ioError :: HasCallStack => IOError -> IO a
- userError :: String -> IOError
- class a ~# b => (a :: k) ~ (b :: k)
Standard types, classes and related functions
Basic data types
Instances
| Bits Bool Source # | Interpret Since: base-4.7.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Bits Methods (.&.) :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool Source # (.|.) :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool Source # xor :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool Source # complement :: Bool -> Bool Source # shift :: Bool -> Int -> Bool Source # rotate :: Bool -> Int -> Bool Source # setBit :: Bool -> Int -> Bool Source # clearBit :: Bool -> Int -> Bool Source # complementBit :: Bool -> Int -> Bool Source # testBit :: Bool -> Int -> Bool Source # bitSizeMaybe :: Bool -> Maybe Int Source # bitSize :: Bool -> Int Source # isSigned :: Bool -> Bool Source # shiftL :: Bool -> Int -> Bool Source # unsafeShiftL :: Bool -> Int -> Bool Source # shiftR :: Bool -> Int -> Bool Source # unsafeShiftR :: Bool -> Int -> Bool Source # rotateL :: Bool -> Int -> Bool Source # | |||||
| FiniteBits Bool Source # | Since: base-4.7.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Bits Methods finiteBitSize :: Bool -> Int Source # countLeadingZeros :: Bool -> Int Source # countTrailingZeros :: Bool -> Int Source # | |||||
| Eq Bool Source # | |||||
| Ord Bool Source # | |||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Classes | |||||
| Data Bool Source # | Since: base-4.0.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Data Methods gfoldl :: (forall d b. Data d => c (d -> b) -> d -> c b) -> (forall g. g -> c g) -> Bool -> c Bool Source # gunfold :: (forall b r. Data b => c (b -> r) -> c r) -> (forall r. r -> c r) -> Constr -> c Bool Source # toConstr :: Bool -> Constr Source # dataTypeOf :: Bool -> DataType Source # dataCast1 :: Typeable t => (forall d. Data d => c (t d)) -> Maybe (c Bool) Source # dataCast2 :: Typeable t => (forall d e. (Data d, Data e) => c (t d e)) -> Maybe (c Bool) Source # gmapT :: (forall b. Data b => b -> b) -> Bool -> Bool Source # gmapQl :: (r -> r' -> r) -> r -> (forall d. Data d => d -> r') -> Bool -> r Source # gmapQr :: forall r r'. (r' -> r -> r) -> r -> (forall d. Data d => d -> r') -> Bool -> r Source # gmapQ :: (forall d. Data d => d -> u) -> Bool -> [u] Source # gmapQi :: Int -> (forall d. Data d => d -> u) -> Bool -> u Source # gmapM :: Monad m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Bool -> m Bool Source # gmapMp :: MonadPlus m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Bool -> m Bool Source # gmapMo :: MonadPlus m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Bool -> m Bool Source # | |||||
| Bounded Bool Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| Enum Bool Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| Storable Bool Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Foreign.Storable Methods sizeOf :: Bool -> Int Source # alignment :: Bool -> Int Source # peekElemOff :: Ptr Bool -> Int -> IO Bool Source # pokeElemOff :: Ptr Bool -> Int -> Bool -> IO () Source # peekByteOff :: Ptr b -> Int -> IO Bool Source # pokeByteOff :: Ptr b -> Int -> Bool -> IO () Source # | |||||
| Generic Bool Source # | |||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics | |||||
| SingKind Bool | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics Associated Types
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| Ix Bool Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Ix | |||||
| Read Bool Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| Show Bool Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| SingI 'False | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics | |||||
| SingI 'True | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics | |||||
| Lift Bool Source # | |||||
| type DemoteRep Bool Source # | |||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics | |||||
| type Rep Bool Source # | Since: base-4.6.0.0 | ||||
| data Sing (a :: Bool) Source # | |||||
The Maybe type encapsulates an optional value. A value of type
either contains a value of type Maybe aa (represented as ),
or it is empty (represented as Just aNothing). Using Maybe is a good way to
deal with errors or exceptional cases without resorting to drastic
measures such as error.
The Maybe type is also a monad. It is a simple kind of error
monad, where all errors are represented by Nothing. A richer
error monad can be built using the Either type.
Instances
| Eq1 Maybe Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
| Ord1 Maybe Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
Defined in Data.Functor.Classes | |||||
| Read1 Maybe Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
Defined in Data.Functor.Classes Methods liftReadsPrec :: (Int -> ReadS a) -> ReadS [a] -> Int -> ReadS (Maybe a) Source # liftReadList :: (Int -> ReadS a) -> ReadS [a] -> ReadS [Maybe a] Source # liftReadPrec :: ReadPrec a -> ReadPrec [a] -> ReadPrec (Maybe a) Source # liftReadListPrec :: ReadPrec a -> ReadPrec [a] -> ReadPrec [Maybe a] Source # | |||||
| Show1 Maybe Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
| Alternative Maybe Source # | Picks the leftmost Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| Applicative Maybe Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| Functor Maybe Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| Monad Maybe Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| MonadPlus Maybe Source # | Picks the leftmost Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| MonadFail Maybe Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Control.Monad.Fail | |||||
| MonadFix Maybe Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| MonadZip Maybe Source # | Since: ghc-internal-4.8.0.0 | ||||
| Foldable Maybe Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Foldable Methods fold :: Monoid m => Maybe m -> m Source # foldMap :: Monoid m => (a -> m) -> Maybe a -> m Source # foldMap' :: Monoid m => (a -> m) -> Maybe a -> m Source # foldr :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> Maybe a -> b Source # foldr' :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> Maybe a -> b Source # foldl :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> Maybe a -> b Source # foldl' :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> Maybe a -> b Source # foldr1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> Maybe a -> a Source # foldl1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> Maybe a -> a Source # toList :: Maybe a -> [a] Source # null :: Maybe a -> Bool Source # length :: Maybe a -> Int Source # elem :: Eq a => a -> Maybe a -> Bool Source # maximum :: Ord a => Maybe a -> a Source # minimum :: Ord a => Maybe a -> a Source # | |||||
| Traversable Maybe Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Traversable | |||||
| Generic1 Maybe Source # | |||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics Associated Types
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| Lift a => Lift (Maybe a :: Type) Source # | |||||
| Semigroup a => Monoid (Maybe a) Source # | Lift a semigroup into Since 4.11.0: constraint on inner Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| Semigroup a => Semigroup (Maybe a) Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
| Eq a => Eq (Maybe a) Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| Ord a => Ord (Maybe a) Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Maybe | |||||
| Data a => Data (Maybe a) Source # | Since: base-4.0.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Data Methods gfoldl :: (forall d b. Data d => c (d -> b) -> d -> c b) -> (forall g. g -> c g) -> Maybe a -> c (Maybe a) Source # gunfold :: (forall b r. Data b => c (b -> r) -> c r) -> (forall r. r -> c r) -> Constr -> c (Maybe a) Source # toConstr :: Maybe a -> Constr Source # dataTypeOf :: Maybe a -> DataType Source # dataCast1 :: Typeable t => (forall d. Data d => c (t d)) -> Maybe (c (Maybe a)) Source # dataCast2 :: Typeable t => (forall d e. (Data d, Data e) => c (t d e)) -> Maybe (c (Maybe a)) Source # gmapT :: (forall b. Data b => b -> b) -> Maybe a -> Maybe a Source # gmapQl :: (r -> r' -> r) -> r -> (forall d. Data d => d -> r') -> Maybe a -> r Source # gmapQr :: forall r r'. (r' -> r -> r) -> r -> (forall d. Data d => d -> r') -> Maybe a -> r Source # gmapQ :: (forall d. Data d => d -> u) -> Maybe a -> [u] Source # gmapQi :: Int -> (forall d. Data d => d -> u) -> Maybe a -> u Source # gmapM :: Monad m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Maybe a -> m (Maybe a) Source # gmapMp :: MonadPlus m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Maybe a -> m (Maybe a) Source # gmapMo :: MonadPlus m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Maybe a -> m (Maybe a) Source # | |||||
| Generic (Maybe a) Source # | |||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics Associated Types
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| SingKind a => SingKind (Maybe a) | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics Associated Types
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| Read a => Read (Maybe a) Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| Show a => Show (Maybe a) Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| SingI ('Nothing :: Maybe a) | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics | |||||
| SingI a2 => SingI ('Just a2 :: Maybe a1) | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics | |||||
| type Rep1 Maybe Source # | Since: base-4.6.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics | |||||
| type DemoteRep (Maybe a) Source # | |||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics | |||||
| type Rep (Maybe a) Source # | Since: base-4.6.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics | |||||
| data Sing (b :: Maybe a) Source # | |||||
maybe :: b -> (a -> b) -> Maybe a -> b Source #
The maybe function takes a default value, a function, and a Maybe
value. If the Maybe value is Nothing, the function returns the
default value. Otherwise, it applies the function to the value inside
the Just and returns the result.
Examples
Basic usage:
>>>maybe False odd (Just 3)True
>>>maybe False odd NothingFalse
Read an integer from a string using readMaybe. If we succeed,
return twice the integer; that is, apply (*2) to it. If instead
we fail to parse an integer, return 0 by default:
>>>import GHC.Internal.Text.Read ( readMaybe )>>>maybe 0 (*2) (readMaybe "5")10>>>maybe 0 (*2) (readMaybe "")0
Apply show to a Maybe Int. If we have Just n, we want to show
the underlying Int n. But if we have Nothing, we return the
empty string instead of (for example) "Nothing":
>>>maybe "" show (Just 5)"5">>>maybe "" show Nothing""
The Either type represents values with two possibilities: a value of
type is either Either a b or Left a.Right b
The Either type is sometimes used to represent a value which is
either correct or an error; by convention, the Left constructor is
used to hold an error value and the Right constructor is used to
hold a correct value (mnemonic: "right" also means "correct").
Examples
The type is the type of values which can be either
a Either String IntString or an Int. The Left constructor can be used only on
Strings, and the Right constructor can be used only on Ints:
>>>let s = Left "foo" :: Either String Int>>>sLeft "foo">>>let n = Right 3 :: Either String Int>>>nRight 3>>>:type ss :: Either String Int>>>:type nn :: Either String Int
The fmap from our Functor instance will ignore Left values, but
will apply the supplied function to values contained in a Right:
>>>let s = Left "foo" :: Either String Int>>>let n = Right 3 :: Either String Int>>>fmap (*2) sLeft "foo">>>fmap (*2) nRight 6
The Monad instance for Either allows us to chain together multiple
actions which may fail, and fail overall if any of the individual
steps failed. First we'll write a function that can either parse an
Int from a Char, or fail.
>>>import Data.Char ( digitToInt, isDigit )>>>:{let parseEither :: Char -> Either String Int parseEither c | isDigit c = Right (digitToInt c) | otherwise = Left "parse error">>>:}
The following should work, since both '1' and '2' can be
parsed as Ints.
>>>:{let parseMultiple :: Either String Int parseMultiple = do x <- parseEither '1' y <- parseEither '2' return (x + y)>>>:}
>>>parseMultipleRight 3
But the following should fail overall, since the first operation where
we attempt to parse 'm' as an Int will fail:
>>>:{let parseMultiple :: Either String Int parseMultiple = do x <- parseEither 'm' y <- parseEither '2' return (x + y)>>>:}
>>>parseMultipleLeft "parse error"
Instances
| Bifoldable Either Source # | Since: base-4.10.0.0 | ||||
Defined in Data.Bifoldable | |||||
| Bifoldable1 Either Source # | |||||
| Bifunctor Either Source # | Since: base-4.8.0.0 | ||||
| Bitraversable Either Source # | Since: base-4.10.0.0 | ||||
Defined in Data.Bitraversable Methods bitraverse :: Applicative f => (a -> f c) -> (b -> f d) -> Either a b -> f (Either c d) Source # | |||||
| Eq2 Either Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
| Ord2 Either Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
Defined in Data.Functor.Classes | |||||
| Read2 Either Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
Defined in Data.Functor.Classes Methods liftReadsPrec2 :: (Int -> ReadS a) -> ReadS [a] -> (Int -> ReadS b) -> ReadS [b] -> Int -> ReadS (Either a b) Source # liftReadList2 :: (Int -> ReadS a) -> ReadS [a] -> (Int -> ReadS b) -> ReadS [b] -> ReadS [Either a b] Source # liftReadPrec2 :: ReadPrec a -> ReadPrec [a] -> ReadPrec b -> ReadPrec [b] -> ReadPrec (Either a b) Source # liftReadListPrec2 :: ReadPrec a -> ReadPrec [a] -> ReadPrec b -> ReadPrec [b] -> ReadPrec [Either a b] Source # | |||||
| Show2 Either Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
Defined in Data.Functor.Classes | |||||
| Generic1 (Either a :: Type -> Type) Source # | |||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics Associated Types
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| (Lift a, Lift b) => Lift (Either a b :: Type) Source # | |||||
| Eq a => Eq1 (Either a) Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
| Ord a => Ord1 (Either a) Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
Defined in Data.Functor.Classes | |||||
| Read a => Read1 (Either a) Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
Defined in Data.Functor.Classes Methods liftReadsPrec :: (Int -> ReadS a0) -> ReadS [a0] -> Int -> ReadS (Either a a0) Source # liftReadList :: (Int -> ReadS a0) -> ReadS [a0] -> ReadS [Either a a0] Source # liftReadPrec :: ReadPrec a0 -> ReadPrec [a0] -> ReadPrec (Either a a0) Source # liftReadListPrec :: ReadPrec a0 -> ReadPrec [a0] -> ReadPrec [Either a a0] Source # | |||||
| Show a => Show1 (Either a) Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
| Applicative (Either e) Source # | Since: base-3.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Either | |||||
| Functor (Either a) Source # | Since: base-3.0 | ||||
| Monad (Either e) Source # | Since: base-4.4.0.0 | ||||
| MonadFix (Either e) Source # | Since: base-4.3.0.0 | ||||
| Foldable (Either a) Source # | Since: base-4.7.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Foldable Methods fold :: Monoid m => Either a m -> m Source # foldMap :: Monoid m => (a0 -> m) -> Either a a0 -> m Source # foldMap' :: Monoid m => (a0 -> m) -> Either a a0 -> m Source # foldr :: (a0 -> b -> b) -> b -> Either a a0 -> b Source # foldr' :: (a0 -> b -> b) -> b -> Either a a0 -> b Source # foldl :: (b -> a0 -> b) -> b -> Either a a0 -> b Source # foldl' :: (b -> a0 -> b) -> b -> Either a a0 -> b Source # foldr1 :: (a0 -> a0 -> a0) -> Either a a0 -> a0 Source # foldl1 :: (a0 -> a0 -> a0) -> Either a a0 -> a0 Source # toList :: Either a a0 -> [a0] Source # null :: Either a a0 -> Bool Source # length :: Either a a0 -> Int Source # elem :: Eq a0 => a0 -> Either a a0 -> Bool Source # maximum :: Ord a0 => Either a a0 -> a0 Source # minimum :: Ord a0 => Either a a0 -> a0 Source # | |||||
| Traversable (Either a) Source # | Since: base-4.7.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Traversable Methods traverse :: Applicative f => (a0 -> f b) -> Either a a0 -> f (Either a b) Source # sequenceA :: Applicative f => Either a (f a0) -> f (Either a a0) Source # mapM :: Monad m => (a0 -> m b) -> Either a a0 -> m (Either a b) Source # sequence :: Monad m => Either a (m a0) -> m (Either a a0) Source # | |||||
| Semigroup (Either a b) Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
| (Eq a, Eq b) => Eq (Either a b) Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| (Ord a, Ord b) => Ord (Either a b) Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Either Methods compare :: Either a b -> Either a b -> Ordering Source # (<) :: Either a b -> Either a b -> Bool Source # (<=) :: Either a b -> Either a b -> Bool Source # (>) :: Either a b -> Either a b -> Bool Source # (>=) :: Either a b -> Either a b -> Bool Source # | |||||
| (Data a, Data b) => Data (Either a b) Source # | Since: base-4.0.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Data Methods gfoldl :: (forall d b0. Data d => c (d -> b0) -> d -> c b0) -> (forall g. g -> c g) -> Either a b -> c (Either a b) Source # gunfold :: (forall b0 r. Data b0 => c (b0 -> r) -> c r) -> (forall r. r -> c r) -> Constr -> c (Either a b) Source # toConstr :: Either a b -> Constr Source # dataTypeOf :: Either a b -> DataType Source # dataCast1 :: Typeable t => (forall d. Data d => c (t d)) -> Maybe (c (Either a b)) Source # dataCast2 :: Typeable t => (forall d e. (Data d, Data e) => c (t d e)) -> Maybe (c (Either a b)) Source # gmapT :: (forall b0. Data b0 => b0 -> b0) -> Either a b -> Either a b Source # gmapQl :: (r -> r' -> r) -> r -> (forall d. Data d => d -> r') -> Either a b -> r Source # gmapQr :: forall r r'. (r' -> r -> r) -> r -> (forall d. Data d => d -> r') -> Either a b -> r Source # gmapQ :: (forall d. Data d => d -> u) -> Either a b -> [u] Source # gmapQi :: Int -> (forall d. Data d => d -> u) -> Either a b -> u Source # gmapM :: Monad m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Either a b -> m (Either a b) Source # gmapMp :: MonadPlus m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Either a b -> m (Either a b) Source # gmapMo :: MonadPlus m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Either a b -> m (Either a b) Source # | |||||
| Generic (Either a b) Source # | |||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics Associated Types
| |||||
| (Read a, Read b) => Read (Either a b) Source # | Since: base-3.0 | ||||
| (Show a, Show b) => Show (Either a b) Source # | Since: base-3.0 | ||||
| type Rep1 (Either a :: Type -> Type) Source # | Since: base-4.6.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics type Rep1 (Either a :: Type -> Type) = D1 ('MetaData "Either" "GHC.Internal.Data.Either" "ghc-internal" 'False) (C1 ('MetaCons "Left" 'PrefixI 'False) (S1 ('MetaSel ('Nothing :: Maybe Symbol) 'NoSourceUnpackedness 'NoSourceStrictness 'DecidedLazy) (Rec0 a)) :+: C1 ('MetaCons "Right" 'PrefixI 'False) (S1 ('MetaSel ('Nothing :: Maybe Symbol) 'NoSourceUnpackedness 'NoSourceStrictness 'DecidedLazy) Par1)) | |||||
| type Rep (Either a b) Source # | Since: base-4.6.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics type Rep (Either a b) = D1 ('MetaData "Either" "GHC.Internal.Data.Either" "ghc-internal" 'False) (C1 ('MetaCons "Left" 'PrefixI 'False) (S1 ('MetaSel ('Nothing :: Maybe Symbol) 'NoSourceUnpackedness 'NoSourceStrictness 'DecidedLazy) (Rec0 a)) :+: C1 ('MetaCons "Right" 'PrefixI 'False) (S1 ('MetaSel ('Nothing :: Maybe Symbol) 'NoSourceUnpackedness 'NoSourceStrictness 'DecidedLazy) (Rec0 b))) | |||||
either :: (a -> c) -> (b -> c) -> Either a b -> c Source #
Case analysis for the Either type.
If the value is , apply the first function to Left aa;
if it is , apply the second function to Right bb.
Examples
We create two values of type , one using the
Either String IntLeft constructor and another using the Right constructor. Then
we apply "either" the length function (if we have a String)
or the "times-two" function (if we have an Int):
>>>let s = Left "foo" :: Either String Int>>>let n = Right 3 :: Either String Int>>>either length (*2) s3>>>either length (*2) n6
Instances
| Monoid Ordering Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| Semigroup Ordering Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
| Eq Ordering Source # | |||||
| Ord Ordering Source # | |||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Classes | |||||
| Data Ordering Source # | Since: base-4.0.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Data Methods gfoldl :: (forall d b. Data d => c (d -> b) -> d -> c b) -> (forall g. g -> c g) -> Ordering -> c Ordering Source # gunfold :: (forall b r. Data b => c (b -> r) -> c r) -> (forall r. r -> c r) -> Constr -> c Ordering Source # toConstr :: Ordering -> Constr Source # dataTypeOf :: Ordering -> DataType Source # dataCast1 :: Typeable t => (forall d. Data d => c (t d)) -> Maybe (c Ordering) Source # dataCast2 :: Typeable t => (forall d e. (Data d, Data e) => c (t d e)) -> Maybe (c Ordering) Source # gmapT :: (forall b. Data b => b -> b) -> Ordering -> Ordering Source # gmapQl :: (r -> r' -> r) -> r -> (forall d. Data d => d -> r') -> Ordering -> r Source # gmapQr :: forall r r'. (r' -> r -> r) -> r -> (forall d. Data d => d -> r') -> Ordering -> r Source # gmapQ :: (forall d. Data d => d -> u) -> Ordering -> [u] Source # gmapQi :: Int -> (forall d. Data d => d -> u) -> Ordering -> u Source # gmapM :: Monad m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Ordering -> m Ordering Source # gmapMp :: MonadPlus m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Ordering -> m Ordering Source # gmapMo :: MonadPlus m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Ordering -> m Ordering Source # | |||||
| Bounded Ordering Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| Enum Ordering Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Enum Methods succ :: Ordering -> Ordering Source # pred :: Ordering -> Ordering Source # toEnum :: Int -> Ordering Source # fromEnum :: Ordering -> Int Source # enumFrom :: Ordering -> [Ordering] Source # enumFromThen :: Ordering -> Ordering -> [Ordering] Source # enumFromTo :: Ordering -> Ordering -> [Ordering] Source # enumFromThenTo :: Ordering -> Ordering -> Ordering -> [Ordering] Source # | |||||
| Generic Ordering Source # | |||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics Associated Types
| |||||
| Ix Ordering Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Ix | |||||
| Read Ordering Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| Show Ordering Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| type Rep Ordering Source # | Since: base-4.6.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics | |||||
The character type Char represents Unicode codespace
and its elements are code points as in definitions
D9 and D10 of the Unicode Standard.
Character literals in Haskell are single-quoted: 'Q', 'Я' or 'Ω'.
To represent a single quote itself use '\'', and to represent a backslash
use '\\'. The full grammar can be found in the section 2.6 of the
Haskell 2010 Language Report.
To specify a character by its code point one can use decimal, hexadecimal
or octal notation: '\65', '\x41' and '\o101' are all alternative forms
of 'A'. The largest code point is '\x10ffff'.
There is a special escape syntax for ASCII control characters:
| Escape | Alternatives | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
'\NUL' | '\0' | null character |
'\SOH' | '\1' | start of heading |
'\STX' | '\2' | start of text |
'\ETX' | '\3' | end of text |
'\EOT' | '\4' | end of transmission |
'\ENQ' | '\5' | enquiry |
'\ACK' | '\6' | acknowledge |
'\BEL' | '\7', '\a' | bell (alert) |
'\BS' | '\8', '\b' | backspace |
'\HT' | '\9', '\t' | horizontal tab |
'\LF' | '\10', '\n' | line feed (new line) |
'\VT' | '\11', '\v' | vertical tab |
'\FF' | '\12', '\f' | form feed |
'\CR' | '\13', '\r' | carriage return |
'\SO' | '\14' | shift out |
'\SI' | '\15' | shift in |
'\DLE' | '\16' | data link escape |
'\DC1' | '\17' | device control 1 |
'\DC2' | '\18' | device control 2 |
'\DC3' | '\19' | device control 3 |
'\DC4' | '\20' | device control 4 |
'\NAK' | '\21' | negative acknowledge |
'\SYN' | '\22' | synchronous idle |
'\ETB' | '\23' | end of transmission block |
'\CAN' | '\24' | cancel |
'\EM' | '\25' | end of medium |
'\SUB' | '\26' | substitute |
'\ESC' | '\27' | escape |
'\FS' | '\28' | file separator |
'\GS' | '\29' | group separator |
'\RS' | '\30' | record separator |
'\US' | '\31' | unit separator |
'\SP' | '\32', ' ' | space |
'\DEL' | '\127' | delete |
Instances
| IsChar Char Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| PrintfArg Char Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
Defined in Text.Printf | |||||
| Eq Char Source # | |||||
| Ord Char Source # | |||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Classes | |||||
| Data Char Source # | Since: base-4.0.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Data Methods gfoldl :: (forall d b. Data d => c (d -> b) -> d -> c b) -> (forall g. g -> c g) -> Char -> c Char Source # gunfold :: (forall b r. Data b => c (b -> r) -> c r) -> (forall r. r -> c r) -> Constr -> c Char Source # toConstr :: Char -> Constr Source # dataTypeOf :: Char -> DataType Source # dataCast1 :: Typeable t => (forall d. Data d => c (t d)) -> Maybe (c Char) Source # dataCast2 :: Typeable t => (forall d e. (Data d, Data e) => c (t d e)) -> Maybe (c Char) Source # gmapT :: (forall b. Data b => b -> b) -> Char -> Char Source # gmapQl :: (r -> r' -> r) -> r -> (forall d. Data d => d -> r') -> Char -> r Source # gmapQr :: forall r r'. (r' -> r -> r) -> r -> (forall d. Data d => d -> r') -> Char -> r Source # gmapQ :: (forall d. Data d => d -> u) -> Char -> [u] Source # gmapQi :: Int -> (forall d. Data d => d -> u) -> Char -> u Source # gmapM :: Monad m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Char -> m Char Source # gmapMp :: MonadPlus m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Char -> m Char Source # gmapMo :: MonadPlus m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Char -> m Char Source # | |||||
| Bounded Char Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| Enum Char Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| Storable Char Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Foreign.Storable Methods sizeOf :: Char -> Int Source # alignment :: Char -> Int Source # peekElemOff :: Ptr Char -> Int -> IO Char Source # pokeElemOff :: Ptr Char -> Int -> Char -> IO () Source # peekByteOff :: Ptr b -> Int -> IO Char Source # pokeByteOff :: Ptr b -> Int -> Char -> IO () Source # | |||||
| Ix Char Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Ix | |||||
| Read Char Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| Show Char Source # | Since: base-2.1 | ||||
| TestCoercion SChar Source # | Since: base-4.18.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.TypeLits | |||||
| TestEquality SChar Source # | Since: base-4.18.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.TypeLits | |||||
| Lift Char Source # | |||||
| Generic1 (URec Char :: k -> Type) Source # | |||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics Associated Types
| |||||
| Eq1 (UChar :: Type -> Type) Source # | Since: base-4.21.0.0 | ||||
| Ord1 (UChar :: Type -> Type) Source # | Since: base-4.21.0.0 | ||||
Defined in Data.Functor.Classes | |||||
| Show1 (UChar :: Type -> Type) Source # | Since: base-4.21.0.0 | ||||
| Foldable (UChar :: Type -> Type) Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Foldable Methods fold :: Monoid m => UChar m -> m Source # foldMap :: Monoid m => (a -> m) -> UChar a -> m Source # foldMap' :: Monoid m => (a -> m) -> UChar a -> m Source # foldr :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> UChar a -> b Source # foldr' :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> UChar a -> b Source # foldl :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> UChar a -> b Source # foldl' :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> UChar a -> b Source # foldr1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> UChar a -> a Source # foldl1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> UChar a -> a Source # toList :: UChar a -> [a] Source # null :: UChar a -> Bool Source # length :: UChar a -> Int Source # elem :: Eq a => a -> UChar a -> Bool Source # maximum :: Ord a => UChar a -> a Source # minimum :: Ord a => UChar a -> a Source # | |||||
| Traversable (UChar :: Type -> Type) Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Traversable | |||||
| Functor (URec Char :: Type -> Type) Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
| Eq (URec Char p) Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
| Ord (URec Char p) Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics Methods compare :: URec Char p -> URec Char p -> Ordering Source # (<) :: URec Char p -> URec Char p -> Bool Source # (<=) :: URec Char p -> URec Char p -> Bool Source # (>) :: URec Char p -> URec Char p -> Bool Source # (>=) :: URec Char p -> URec Char p -> Bool Source # | |||||
| Generic (URec Char p) Source # | |||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics Associated Types
| |||||
| Show (URec Char p) Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
| data URec Char (p :: k) Source # | Used for marking occurrences of Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
| type Compare (a :: Char) (b :: Char) Source # | |||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Type.Ord | |||||
| type Rep1 (URec Char :: k -> Type) Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics | |||||
| type Rep (URec Char p) Source # | Since: base-4.9.0.0 | ||||
Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics | |||||
String is an alias for a list of characters.
String constants in Haskell are values of type String.
That means if you write a string literal like "hello world",
it will have the type [Char], which is the same as String.
Note: You can ask the compiler to automatically infer different types
with the -XOverloadedStrings language extension, for example
"hello world" :: Text. See IsString for more information.
Because String is just a list of characters, you can use normal list functions
to do basic string manipulation. See Data.List for operations on lists.
Performance considerations
[Char] is a relatively memory-inefficient type.
It is a linked list of boxed word-size characters, internally it looks something like:
â•─────┬───┬──╮ â•─────┬───┬──╮ â•─────┬───┬──╮ â•────╮
│ (:) │ │ ─┼─>│ (:) │ │ ─┼─>│ (:) │ │ ─┼─>│ [] │
╰─────┴─┼─┴──╯ ╰─────┴─┼─┴──╯ ╰─────┴─┼─┴──╯ ╰────╯
v v v
'a' 'b' 'c'The String "abc" will use 5*3+1 = 16 (in general 5n+1)
words of space in memory.
Furthermore, operations like (++) (string concatenation) are O(n)
(in the left argument).
For historical reasons, the base library uses String in a lot of places
for the conceptual simplicity, but library code dealing with user-data
should use the text
package for Unicode text, or the the
bytestring package
for binary data.
Tuples
curry :: ((a, b) -> c) -> a -> b -> c Source #
Convert an uncurried function to a curried function.
Examples
>>>curry fst 1 21
uncurry :: (a -> b -> c) -> (a, b) -> c Source #
uncurry converts a curried function to a function on pairs.
Examples
>>>uncurry (+) (1,2)3
>>>uncurry ($) (show, 1)"1"
>>>map (uncurry max) [(1,2), (3,4), (6,8)][2,4,8]
Basic type classes
The Eq class defines equality (==) and inequality (/=).
All the basic datatypes exported by the Prelude are instances of Eq,
and Eq may be derived for any datatype whose constituents are also
instances of Eq.
The Haskell Report defines no laws for Eq. However, instances are
encouraged to follow these properties:
Instances
class Eq a => Ord a where Source #
The Ord class is used for totally ordered datatypes.
Instances of Ord can be derived for any user-defined datatype whose
constituent types are in Ord. The declared order of the constructors in
the data declaration determines the ordering in derived Ord instances. The
Ordering datatype allows a single comparison to determine the precise
ordering of two objects.
Ord, as defined by the Haskell report, implements a total order and has the
following properties:
- Comparability
x <= y || y <= x=True- Transitivity
- if
x <= y && y <= z=True, thenx <= z=True - Reflexivity
x <= x=True- Antisymmetry
- if
x <= y && y <= x=True, thenx == y=True
The following operator interactions are expected to hold:
x >= y=y <= xx < y=x <= y && x /= yx > y=y < xx < y=compare x y == LTx > y=compare x y == GTx == y=compare x y == EQmin x y == if x <= y then x else y=Truemax x y == if x >= y then x else y=True
Note that (7.) and (8.) do not require min and max to return either of
their arguments. The result is merely required to equal one of the
arguments in terms of (==). Users who expect a stronger guarantee are advised
to write their own min and/or max functions.
The nuance of the above distinction is not always fully internalized by
developers, and in the past (tracing back to the Haskell 1.4 Report) the
specification for Ord asserted the stronger property that (min x y, max x
y) = (x, y) or (y, x), or in other words, that min and max will
return one of their arguments, using argument order as the tie-breaker if
the arguments are equal by comparison. A few list and
Foldable functions have behavior that is best understood
with this assumption in mind: all variations of minimumBy and maximumBy
(which can't use min and max in their implementations) are written such
that minimumBy and comparemaximumBy are respectively
equivalent to compareminimum and maximum (which do use min and max) only if
min and max adhere to this tie-breaking convention. Otherwise, if there
are multiple least or largest elements in a container, minimum and
maximum may not return the same one that minimumBy and
comparemaximumBy do (though they should return something that is
equal). (This is relevant for types with non-extensional equality, like
compareArg, but also in cases where the precise reference held
matters for memory-management reasons.) Unless there is a reason to deviate,
it is less confusing for implementors of Ord to respect this same
convention (as the default definitions of min and max do).
Minimal complete definition: either compare or <=.
Using compare can be more efficient for complex types.
Methods
compare :: a -> a -> Ordering Source #
(<) :: a -> a -> Bool infix 4 Source #
(<=) :: a -> a -> Bool infix 4 Source #
(>) :: a -> a -> Bool infix 4 Source #
Instances
Class Enum defines operations on sequentially ordered types.
The enumFrom... methods are used in Haskell's translation of
arithmetic sequences.
Instances of Enum may be derived for any enumeration type (types
whose constructors have no fields). The nullary constructors are
assumed to be numbered left-to-right by fromEnum from 0 through n-1.
See Chapter 10 of the Haskell Report for more details.
For any type that is an instance of class Bounded as well as Enum,
the following should hold:
- The calls
andsuccmaxBoundshould result in a runtime error.predminBound fromEnumandtoEnumshould give a runtime error if the result value is not representable in the result type. For example,is an error.toEnum7 ::BoolenumFromandenumFromThenshould be defined with an implicit bound, thus:
enumFrom x = enumFromTo x maxBound
enumFromThen x y = enumFromThenTo x y bound
where
bound | fromEnum y >= fromEnum x = maxBound
| otherwise = minBoundMethods
Successor of a value. For numeric types, succ adds 1.
Predecessor of a value. For numeric types, pred subtracts 1.
Convert from an Int.
Convert to an Int.
It is implementation-dependent what fromEnum returns when
applied to a value that is too large to fit in an Int.
Used in Haskell's translation of [n..] with [n..] = enumFrom n,
a possible implementation being enumFrom n = n : enumFrom (succ n).
Examples
enumFrom 4 :: [Integer] = [4,5,6,7,...]
enumFrom 6 :: [Int] = [6,7,8,9,...,maxBound :: Int]
enumFromThen :: a -> a -> [a] Source #
Used in Haskell's translation of [n,n'..]
with [n,n'..] = enumFromThen n n', a possible implementation being
enumFromThen n n' = n : n' : worker (f x) (f x n'),
worker s v = v : worker s (s v), x = fromEnum n' - fromEnum n and
f n y
| n > 0 = f (n - 1) (succ y)
| n < 0 = f (n + 1) (pred y)
| otherwise = y
Examples
enumFromThen 4 6 :: [Integer] = [4,6,8,10...]
enumFromThen 6 2 :: [Int] = [6,2,-2,-6,...,minBound :: Int]
enumFromTo :: a -> a -> [a] Source #
Used in Haskell's translation of [n..m] with
[n..m] = enumFromTo n m, a possible implementation being
enumFromTo n m
| n <= m = n : enumFromTo (succ n) m
| otherwise = []
Examples
enumFromTo 6 10 :: [Int] = [6,7,8,9,10]
enumFromTo 42 1 :: [Integer] = []
enumFromThenTo :: a -> a -> a -> [a] Source #
Used in Haskell's translation of [n,n'..m] with
[n,n'..m] = enumFromThenTo n n' m, a possible implementation
being enumFromThenTo n n' m = worker (f x) (c x) n m,
x = fromEnum n' - fromEnum n, c x = bool (>=) ((x 0)
f n y
| n > 0 = f (n - 1) (succ y)
| n < 0 = f (n + 1) (pred y)
| otherwise = y
and
worker s c v m
| c v m = v : worker s c (s v) m
| otherwise = []
Examples
enumFromThenTo 4 2 -6 :: [Integer] = [4,2,0,-2,-4,-6]
enumFromThenTo 6 8 2 :: [Int] = []