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diff --git a/haskell.html.markdown b/haskell.html.markdown index 79fbf09f..369b1b20 100644 --- a/haskell.html.markdown +++ b/haskell.html.markdown @@ -148,12 +148,12 @@ add 1 2 -- 3 -- Guards: an easy way to do branching in functions fib x - | x < 2 = x + | x < 2 = 1 | otherwise = fib (x - 1) + fib (x - 2) -- Pattern matching is similar. Here we have given three different -- definitions for fib. Haskell will automatically call the first --- function that matches the pattern of the value. +-- function that matches the pattern of the value. fib 1 = 1 fib 2 = 2 fib x = fib (x - 1) + fib (x - 2) @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ foldl1 (\acc x -> acc + x) [1..5] -- 15 ---------------------------------------------------- -- partial application: if you don't pass in all the arguments to a function, --- it gets "partially applied". That means it returns a function that takes the +-- it gets "partially applied". That means it returns a function that takes the -- rest of the arguments. add a b = a + b @@ -202,19 +202,21 @@ foo = (*5) . (+10) foo 5 -- 75 -- fixing precedence --- Haskell has another function called `$`. This changes the precedence --- so that everything to the left of it gets computed first and then applied --- to everything on the right. You can use `$` (often in combination with `.`) --- to get rid of a lot of parentheses: +-- Haskell has another operator called `$`. This operator applies a function +-- to a given parameter. In contrast to standard function application, which +-- has highest possible priority of 10 and is left-associative, the `$` operator +-- has priority of 0 and is right-associative. Such a low priority means that +-- the expression on its right is applied as the parameter to the function on its left. -- before -(even (fib 7)) -- true - --- after -even . fib $ 7 -- true +even (fib 7) -- false -- equivalently -even $ fib 7 -- true +even $ fib 7 -- false + +-- composing functions +even . fib $ 7 -- false + ---------------------------------------------------- -- 5. Type signatures @@ -281,7 +283,7 @@ foldl (\x y -> 2*x + y) 4 [1,2,3] -- 43 foldr (\x y -> 2*x + y) 4 [1,2,3] -- 16 -- This is now the same as -(2 * 3 + (2 * 2 + (2 * 1 + 4))) +(2 * 1 + (2 * 2 + (2 * 3 + 4))) ---------------------------------------------------- -- 7. Data Types @@ -319,13 +321,13 @@ Nothing -- of type `Maybe a` for any `a` -- called. It must return a value of type `IO ()`. For example: main :: IO () -main = putStrLn $ "Hello, sky! " ++ (say Blue) +main = putStrLn $ "Hello, sky! " ++ (say Blue) -- putStrLn has type String -> IO () --- It is easiest to do IO if you can implement your program as --- a function from String to String. The function +-- It is easiest to do IO if you can implement your program as +-- a function from String to String. The function -- interact :: (String -> String) -> IO () --- inputs some text, runs a function on it, and prints out the +-- inputs some text, runs a function on it, and prints out the -- output. countLines :: String -> String @@ -339,43 +341,43 @@ main' = interact countLines -- the `do` notation to chain actions together. For example: sayHello :: IO () -sayHello = do +sayHello = do putStrLn "What is your name?" name <- getLine -- this gets a line and gives it the name "name" putStrLn $ "Hello, " ++ name - + -- Exercise: write your own version of `interact` that only reads -- one line of input. - + -- The code in `sayHello` will never be executed, however. The only --- action that ever gets executed is the value of `main`. --- To run `sayHello` comment out the above definition of `main` +-- action that ever gets executed is the value of `main`. +-- To run `sayHello` comment out the above definition of `main` -- and replace it with: -- main = sayHello --- Let's understand better how the function `getLine` we just +-- Let's understand better how the function `getLine` we just -- used works. Its type is: -- getLine :: IO String -- You can think of a value of type `IO a` as representing a --- computer program that will generate a value of type `a` +-- computer program that will generate a value of type `a` -- when executed (in addition to anything else it does). We can --- store and reuse this value using `<-`. We can also +-- store and reuse this value using `<-`. We can also -- make our own action of type `IO String`: action :: IO String action = do putStrLn "This is a line. Duh" - input1 <- getLine + input1 <- getLine input2 <- getLine -- The type of the `do` statement is that of its last line. - -- `return` is not a keyword, but merely a function + -- `return` is not a keyword, but merely a function return (input1 ++ "\n" ++ input2) -- return :: String -> IO String -- We can use this just like we used `getLine`: main'' = do putStrLn "I will echo two lines!" - result <- action + result <- action putStrLn result putStrLn "This was all, folks!" |