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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ The syntax of F# is different from C-style languages:
* Curly braces are not used to delimit blocks of code. Instead, indentation is used (like Python).
* Whitespace is used to separate parameters rather than commas.
-If you want to try out the code below, you can go to [tryfsharp.org](http://www.tryfsharp.org/Create) and paste it into an interactive REPL.
+If you want to try out the code below, you can go to [https://try.fsharp.org](https://try.fsharp.org) and paste it into an interactive REPL.
```csharp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ let myFloat = 3.14
let myString = "hello" // note that no types needed
// ------ Lists ------
-let twoToFive = [2; 3; 4; 5] // Square brackets create a list with
+let twoToFive = [2; 3; 4; 5] // Square brackets create a list with
// semicolon delimiters.
let oneToFive = 1 :: twoToFive // :: creates list with new 1st element
// The result is [1; 2; 3; 4; 5]
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ add 2 3 // Now run the function.
// to define a multiline function, just use indents. No semicolons needed.
let evens list =
- let isEven x = x % 2 = 0 // Define "isEven" as a sub function
+ let isEven x = x % 2 = 0 // Define "isEven" as a sub function. Note
+ // that equality operator is single char "=".
List.filter isEven list // List.filter is a library function
// with two parameters: a boolean function
// and a list to work on
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ module ListExamples =
| [] -> printfn "the list is empty"
| [first] -> printfn "the list has one element %A " first
| [first; second] -> printfn "list is %A and %A" first second
- | _ -> printfn "the list has more than two elements"
+ | first :: _ -> printfn "the list has more than two elements, first element %A" first
listMatcher [1; 2; 3; 4]
listMatcher [1; 2]
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ module DataTypeExamples =
// ------------------------------------
// Union types (aka variants) have a set of choices
- // Only case can be valid at a time.
+ // Only one case can be valid at a time.
// ------------------------------------
// Use "type" with bar/pipe to define a union type
@@ -632,6 +633,6 @@ module NetCompatibilityExamples =
## More Information
-For more demonstrations of F#, go to the [Try F#](http://www.tryfsharp.org/Learn) site, or my [why use F#](http://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/why-use-fsharp/) series.
+For more demonstrations of F#, go to my [why use F#](http://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/why-use-fsharp/) series.
-Read more about F# at [fsharp.org](http://fsharp.org/).
+Read more about F# at [fsharp.org](http://fsharp.org/) and [dotnet's F# page](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/languages/fsharp).