base-4.8.0.0: Basic libraries

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LicenseBSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE)
Maintainerlibraries@haskell.org
Stabilitystable
Portabilityportable
Safe HaskellTrustworthy
LanguageHaskell2010

Prelude

Contents

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

Standard types, classes and related functions

Basic data types

(&&) :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool infixr 3 Source

Boolean "and"

(||) :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool infixr 2 Source

Boolean "or"

not :: Bool -> Bool Source

Boolean "not"

otherwise :: Bool Source

otherwise is defined as the value True. It helps to make guards more readable. eg.

 f x | x < 0     = ...
     | otherwise = ...

data Maybe a Source

The Maybe type encapsulates an optional value. A value of type Maybe a either contains a value of type a (represented as Just a), or it is empty (represented as Nothing). 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.

Constructors

Nothing 
Just a 

Instances

Monad Maybe 
Functor Maybe 
MonadFix Maybe 
Applicative Maybe 
Foldable Maybe 
Traversable Maybe 
Generic1 Maybe 
MonadPlus Maybe 
Alternative Maybe 
Eq a => Eq (Maybe a) 
Data a => Data (Maybe a) 
Ord a => Ord (Maybe a) 
Read a => Read (Maybe a) 
Show a => Show (Maybe a) 
Generic (Maybe a) 
Monoid a => Monoid (Maybe a)

Lift a semigroup into Maybe forming a Monoid according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoid: "Any semigroup S may be turned into a monoid simply by adjoining an element e not in S and defining e*e = e and e*s = s = s*e for all s ∈ S." Since there is no "Semigroup" typeclass providing just mappend, we use Monoid instead.

Typeable (Maybe a) (Nothing a) 
Typeable (* -> *) Maybe 
Typeable (a -> Maybe a) (Just a) 
Typeable (Maybe a -> First a) (First a) 
Typeable (Maybe a -> Last a) (Last a) 
type Rep1 Maybe 
type Rep (Maybe a) 
type (==) (Maybe k) a b 

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 Nothing
False

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 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
""

data Either a b Source

The Either type represents values with two possibilities: a value of type Either a b is either Left a or 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 Either String Int is the type of values which can be either a String 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
>>> s
Left "foo"
>>> let n = Right 3 :: Either String Int
>>> n
Right 3
>>> :type s
s :: Either String Int
>>> :type n
n :: 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) s
Left "foo"
>>> fmap (*2) n
Right 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)
>>> :}
>>> parseMultiple
Right 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)
>>> :}
>>> parseMultiple
Left "parse error"

Constructors

Left a 
Right b 

Instances

Bifunctor Either 
Monad (Either e) 
Functor (Either a) 
MonadFix (Either e) 
Applicative (Either e) 
Foldable (Either a) 
Traversable (Either a) 
Generic1 (Either a) 
(Eq a, Eq b) => Eq (Either a b) 
(Data a, Data b) => Data (Either a b) 
(Ord a, Ord b) => Ord (Either a b) 
(Read a, Read b) => Read (Either a b) 
(Show a, Show b) => Show (Either a b) 
Generic (Either a b) 
Typeable (* -> * -> *) Either 
Typeable (a -> Either a b) (Left a b) 
Typeable (b -> Either a b) (Right a b) 
type Rep1 (Either a) 
type Rep (Either a b) 
type (==) (Either k k1) a b 

either :: (a -> c) -> (b -> c) -> Either a b -> c Source

Case analysis for the Either type. If the value is Left a, apply the first function to a; if it is Right b, apply the second function to b.

Examples

We create two values of type Either String Int, one using the Left 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) s
3
>>> either length (*2) n
6

data Char :: * Source

The character type Char is an enumeration whose values represent Unicode (or equivalently ISO/IEC 10646) characters (see http://www.unicode.org/ for details). This set extends the ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) character set (the first 256 characters), which is itself an extension of the ASCII character set (the first 128 characters). A character literal in Haskell has type Char.

To convert a Char to or from the corresponding Int value defined by Unicode, use toEnum and fromEnum from the Enum class respectively (or equivalently ord and chr).

type String = [Char] Source

A String is a list of characters. String constants in Haskell are values of type String.

Tuples

fst :: (a, b) -> a Source

Extract the first component of a pair.

snd :: (a, b) -> b Source

Extract the second component of a pair.

curry :: ((a, b) -> c) -> a -> b -> c Source

curry converts an uncurried function to a curried function.

uncurry :: (a -> b -> c) -> (a, b) -> c Source

uncurry converts a curried function to a function on pairs.

Basic type classes

class Eq a where Source

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.

Minimal complete definition: either == or /=.

Minimal complete definition

(==) | (/=)

Methods

(==) :: a -> a -> Bool infix 4 Source

(/=) :: a -> a -> Bool infix 4 Source

Instances

Eq Bool 
Eq Char 
Eq Double 
Eq Float 
Eq Int 
Eq Int8 
Eq Int16 
Eq Int32 
Eq Int64 
Eq Integer 
Eq Ordering 
Eq Word 
Eq Word8 
Eq Word16 
Eq Word32 
Eq Word64 
Eq () 
Eq BigNat 
Eq Number 
Eq Lexeme 
Eq GeneralCategory 
Eq Fingerprint 
Eq IOMode 
Eq SomeSymbol 
Eq SomeNat 
Eq TyCon 
Eq TypeRep 
Eq Associativity 
Eq Fixity 
Eq Arity 
Eq Any 
Eq All 
Eq CUIntMax 
Eq CIntMax 
Eq CUIntPtr 
Eq CIntPtr 
Eq CSUSeconds 
Eq CUSeconds 
Eq CTime 
Eq CClock 
Eq CSigAtomic 
Eq CWchar 
Eq CSize 
Eq CPtrdiff 
Eq CDouble 
Eq CFloat 
Eq CULLong 
Eq CLLong 
Eq CULong 
Eq CLong 
Eq CUInt 
Eq CInt 
Eq CUShort 
Eq CShort 
Eq CUChar 
Eq CSChar 
Eq CChar 
Eq ArithException 
Eq ErrorCall 
Eq IOException 
Eq MaskingState 
Eq SeekMode 
Eq IODeviceType 
Eq IntPtr 
Eq WordPtr 
Eq BufferState 
Eq CodingProgress 
Eq NewlineMode 
Eq Newline 
Eq BufferMode 
Eq Handle 
Eq IOErrorType 
Eq ExitCode 
Eq ArrayException 
Eq AsyncException 
Eq Errno 
Eq Fd 
Eq CRLim 
Eq CTcflag 
Eq CSpeed 
Eq CCc 
Eq CUid 
Eq CNlink 
Eq CGid 
Eq CSsize 
Eq CPid 
Eq COff 
Eq CMode 
Eq CIno 
Eq CDev 
Eq Event 
Eq ThreadStatus 
Eq BlockReason 
Eq ThreadId 
Eq FdKey 
Eq TimeoutKey 
Eq HandlePosn 
Eq Version 
Eq Fixity 
Eq ConstrRep 
Eq DataRep 
Eq Constr

Equality of constructors

Eq Natural 
Eq SpecConstrAnnotation 
Eq Unique 
Eq Void 
Eq a => Eq [a] 
Eq a => Eq (Ratio a) 
Eq (StablePtr a) 
Eq (Ptr a) 
Eq (FunPtr a) 
Eq (U1 p) 
Eq p => Eq (Par1 p) 
Eq a => Eq (Maybe a) 
Eq a => Eq (Down a) 
Eq a => Eq (Last a) 
Eq a => Eq (First a) 
Eq a => Eq (Product a) 
Eq a => Eq (Sum a) 
Eq a => Eq (Dual a) 
Eq (MVar a) 
Eq (IORef a) 
Eq (ForeignPtr a) 
Eq (TVar a) 
Eq a => Eq (ZipList a) 
Eq (Chan a) 
Eq a => Eq (Complex a) 
Eq (Fixed a) 
Eq a => Eq (Identity a) 
Eq (StableName a) 
(Eq a, Eq b) => Eq (Either a b) 
Eq (f p) => Eq (Rec1 f p) 
(Eq a, Eq b) => Eq (a, b) 
Eq (STRef s a) 
Eq (Proxy k s) 
Eq a => Eq (Const a b) 
Typeable (* -> Constraint) Eq 
Eq c => Eq (K1 i c p) 
(Eq (f p), Eq (g p)) => Eq ((:+:) f g p) 
(Eq (f p), Eq (g p)) => Eq ((:*:) f g p) 
Eq (f (g p)) => Eq ((:.:) f g p) 
(Eq a, Eq b, Eq c) => Eq (a, b, c) 
Eq ((:~:) k a b) 
Eq (Coercion k a b) 
Eq (f a) => Eq (Alt k f a) 
Eq (f p) => Eq (M1 i c f p) 
(Eq a, Eq b, Eq c, Eq d) => Eq (a, b, c, d) 
(Eq a, Eq b, Eq c, Eq d, Eq e) => Eq (a, b, c, d, e) 
(Eq a, Eq b, Eq c, Eq d, Eq e, Eq f) => Eq (a, b, c, d, e, f) 
(Eq a, Eq b, Eq c, Eq d, Eq e, Eq f, Eq g) => Eq (a, b, c, d, e, f, g) 
(Eq a, Eq b, Eq c, Eq d, Eq e, Eq f, Eq g, Eq h) => Eq (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h) 
(Eq a, Eq b, Eq c, Eq d, Eq e, Eq f, Eq g, Eq h, Eq i) => Eq (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i) 
(Eq a, Eq b, Eq c, Eq d, Eq e, Eq f, Eq g, Eq h, Eq i, Eq j) => Eq (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j) 
(Eq a, Eq b, Eq c, Eq d, Eq e, Eq f, Eq g, Eq h, Eq i, Eq j, Eq k) => Eq (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k) 
(Eq a, Eq b, Eq c, Eq d, Eq e, Eq f, Eq g, Eq h, Eq i, Eq j, Eq k, Eq l) => Eq (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l) 
(Eq a, Eq b, Eq c, Eq d, Eq e, Eq f, Eq g, Eq h, Eq i, Eq j, Eq k, Eq l, Eq m) => Eq (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m) 
(Eq a, Eq b, Eq c, Eq d, Eq e, Eq f, Eq g, Eq h, Eq i, Eq j, Eq k, Eq l, Eq m, Eq n) => Eq (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n) 
(Eq a, Eq b, Eq c, Eq d, Eq e, Eq f, Eq g, Eq h, Eq i, Eq j, Eq k, Eq l, Eq m, Eq n, Eq o) => Eq (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o) 

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.

Minimal complete definition: either compare or <=. Using compare can be more efficient for complex types.

Minimal complete definition

compare | (<=)

Methods

compare :: a -> a -> Ordering Source

(<) :: a -> a -> Bool infix 4 Source

(<=) :: a -> a -> Bool infix 4 Source

(>) :: a -> a -> Bool infix 4 Source

(>=) :: a -> a -> Bool infix 4 Source

max :: a -> a -> a Source

min :: a -> a -> a Source

Instances

Ord Bool 
Ord Char 
Ord Double 
Ord Float 
Ord Int 
Ord Int8 
Ord Int16 
Ord Int32 
Ord Int64 
Ord Integer 
Ord Ordering 
Ord Word 
Ord Word8 
Ord Word16 
Ord Word32 
Ord Word64 
Ord () 
Ord BigNat 
Ord GeneralCategory 
Ord Fingerprint 
Ord IOMode 
Ord SomeSymbol 
Ord SomeNat 
Ord TyCon 
Ord TypeRep 
Ord Associativity 
Ord Fixity 
Ord Arity 
Ord Any 
Ord All 
Ord CUIntMax 
Ord CIntMax 
Ord CUIntPtr 
Ord CIntPtr 
Ord CSUSeconds 
Ord CUSeconds 
Ord CTime 
Ord CClock 
Ord CSigAtomic 
Ord CWchar 
Ord CSize 
Ord CPtrdiff 
Ord CDouble 
Ord CFloat 
Ord CULLong 
Ord CLLong 
Ord CULong 
Ord CLong 
Ord CUInt 
Ord CInt 
Ord CUShort 
Ord CShort 
Ord CUChar 
Ord CSChar 
Ord CChar 
Ord ArithException 
Ord ErrorCall 
Ord SeekMode 
Ord IntPtr 
Ord WordPtr 
Ord NewlineMode 
Ord Newline 
Ord BufferMode 
Ord ExitCode 
Ord ArrayException 
Ord AsyncException 
Ord Fd 
Ord CRLim 
Ord CTcflag 
Ord CSpeed 
Ord CCc 
Ord CUid 
Ord CNlink 
Ord CGid 
Ord CSsize 
Ord CPid 
Ord COff 
Ord CMode 
Ord CIno 
Ord CDev 
Ord ThreadStatus 
Ord BlockReason 
Ord ThreadId 
Ord Version 
Ord Natural 
Ord Unique 
Ord Void 
Ord a => Ord [a] 
Integral a => Ord (Ratio a) 
Ord (Ptr a) 
Ord (FunPtr a) 
Ord (U1 p) 
Ord p => Ord (Par1 p) 
Ord a => Ord (Maybe a) 
Ord a => Ord (Down a) 
Ord a => Ord (Last a) 
Ord a => Ord (First a) 
Ord a => Ord (Product a) 
Ord a => Ord (Sum a) 
Ord a => Ord (Dual a) 
Ord (ForeignPtr a) 
Ord a => Ord (ZipList a) 
Ord (Fixed a) 
Ord a => Ord (Identity a) 
(Ord a, Ord b) => Ord (Either a b) 
Ord (f p) => Ord (Rec1 f p) 
(Ord a, Ord b) => Ord (a, b) 
Ord (Proxy k s) 
Ord a => Ord (Const a b) 
Typeable (* -> Constraint) Ord 
Ord c => Ord (K1 i c p) 
(Ord (f p), Ord (g p)) => Ord ((:+:) f g p) 
(Ord (f p), Ord (g p)) => Ord ((:*:) f g p) 
Ord (f (g p)) => Ord ((:.:) f g p) 
(Ord a, Ord b, Ord c) => Ord (a, b, c) 
Ord ((:~:) k a b) 
Ord (Coercion k a b) 
Ord (f a) => Ord (Alt k f a) 
Ord (f p) => Ord (M1 i c f p) 
(Ord a, Ord b, Ord c, Ord d) => Ord (a, b, c, d) 
(Ord a, Ord b, Ord c, Ord d, Ord e) => Ord (a, b, c, d, e) 
(Ord a, Ord b, Ord c, Ord d, Ord e, Ord f) => Ord (a, b, c, d, e, f) 
(Ord a, Ord b, Ord c, Ord d, Ord e, Ord f, Ord g) => Ord (a, b, c, d, e, f, g) 
(Ord a, Ord b, Ord c, Ord d, Ord e, Ord f, Ord g, Ord h) => Ord (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h) 
(Ord a, Ord b, Ord c, Ord d, Ord e, Ord f, Ord g, Ord h, Ord i) => Ord (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i) 
(Ord a, Ord b, Ord c, Ord d, Ord e, Ord f, Ord g, Ord h, Ord i, Ord j) => Ord (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j) 
(Ord a, Ord b, Ord c, Ord d, Ord e, Ord f, Ord g, Ord h, Ord i, Ord j, Ord k) => Ord (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k) 
(Ord a, Ord b, Ord c, Ord d, Ord e, Ord f, Ord g, Ord h, Ord i, Ord j, Ord k, Ord l) => Ord (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l) 
(Ord a, Ord b, Ord c, Ord d, Ord e, Ord f, Ord g, Ord h, Ord i, Ord j, Ord k, Ord l, Ord m) => Ord (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m) 
(Ord a, Ord b, Ord c, Ord d, Ord e, Ord f, Ord g, Ord h, Ord i, Ord j, Ord k, Ord l, Ord m, Ord n) => Ord (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n) 
(Ord a, Ord b, Ord c, Ord d, Ord e, Ord f, Ord g, Ord h, Ord i, Ord j, Ord k, Ord l, Ord m, Ord n, Ord o) => Ord (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o) 

class Enum a where Source

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:

   enumFrom     x   = enumFromTo     x maxBound
   enumFromThen x y = enumFromThenTo x y bound
     where
       bound | fromEnum y >= fromEnum x = maxBound
             | otherwise                = minBound

Minimal complete definition

toEnum, fromEnum

Methods

succ :: a -> a Source

the successor of a value. For numeric types, succ adds 1.

pred :: a -> a Source

the predecessor of a value. For numeric types, pred subtracts 1.

toEnum :: Int -> a Source

Convert from an Int.

fromEnum :: a -> Int Source

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.

enumFrom :: a -> [a] Source

Used in Haskell's translation of [n..].

enumFromThen :: a -> a -> [a] Source

Used in Haskell's translation of [n,n'..].

enumFromTo :: a -> a -> [a] Source

Used in Haskell's translation of [n..m].

enumFromThenTo :: a -> a -> a -> [a] Source

Used in Haskell's translation of [n,n'..m].

class Bounded a where Source

The Bounded class is used to name the upper and lower limits of a type. Ord is not a superclass of Bounded since types that are not totally ordered may also have upper and lower bounds.

The Bounded class may be derived for any enumeration type; minBound is the first constructor listed in the data declaration and maxBound is the last. Bounded may also be derived for single-constructor datatypes whose constituent types are in Bounded.

Methods

minBound, maxBound :: a Source

Instances

Bounded Bool 
Bounded Char 
Bounded Int 
Bounded Int8 
Bounded Int16 
Bounded Int32 
Bounded Int64 
Bounded Ordering 
Bounded Word 
Bounded Word8 
Bounded Word16 
Bounded Word32 
Bounded Word64 
Bounded () 
Bounded GeneralCategory 
Bounded Any 
Bounded All 
Bounded CUIntMax 
Bounded CIntMax 
Bounded CUIntPtr 
Bounded CIntPtr 
Bounded CSigAtomic 
Bounded CWchar 
Bounded CSize 
Bounded CPtrdiff 
Bounded CULLong 
Bounded CLLong 
Bounded CULong 
Bounded CLong 
Bounded CUInt 
Bounded CInt 
Bounded CUShort 
Bounded CShort 
Bounded CUChar 
Bounded CSChar 
Bounded CChar 
Bounded IntPtr 
Bounded WordPtr 
Bounded Fd 
Bounded CRLim 
Bounded CTcflag 
Bounded CUid 
Bounded CNlink 
Bounded CGid 
Bounded CSsize 
Bounded CPid 
Bounded COff 
Bounded CMode 
Bounded CIno 
Bounded CDev 
Bounded a => Bounded (Product a) 
Bounded a => Bounded (Sum a) 
Bounded a => Bounded (Dual a) 
(Bounded a, Bounded b) => Bounded (a, b) 
Bounded (Proxy k s) 
Typeable (* -> Constraint) Bounded 
(Bounded a, Bounded b, Bounded c) => Bounded (a, b, c) 
(~) k a b => Bounded ((:~:) k a b) 
Coercible k a b => Bounded (Coercion k a b) 
(Bounded a, Bounded b, Bounded c, Bounded d) => Bounded (a, b, c, d) 
(Bounded a, Bounded b, Bounded c, Bounded d, Bounded e) => Bounded (a, b, c, d, e) 
(Bounded a, Bounded b, Bounded c, Bounded d, Bounded e, Bounded f) => Bounded (a, b, c, d, e, f) 
(Bounded a, Bounded b, Bounded c, Bounded d, Bounded e, Bounded f, Bounded g) => Bounded (a, b, c, d, e, f, g) 
(Bounded a, Bounded b, Bounded c, Bounded d, Bounded e, Bounded f, Bounded g, Bounded h) => Bounded (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h) 
(Bounded a, Bounded b, Bounded c, Bounded d, Bounded e, Bounded f, Bounded g, Bounded h, Bounded i) => Bounded (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i) 
(Bounded a, Bounded b, Bounded c, Bounded d, Bounded e, Bounded f, Bounded g, Bounded h, Bounded i, Bounded j) => Bounded (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j) 
(Bounded a, Bounded b, Bounded c, Bounded d, Bounded e, Bounded f, Bounded g, Bounded h, Bounded i, Bounded j, Bounded k) => Bounded (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k) 
(Bounded a, Bounded b, Bounded c, Bounded d, Bounded e, Bounded f, Bounded g, Bounded h, Bounded i, Bounded j, Bounded k, Bounded l) => Bounded (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l) 
(Bounded a, Bounded b, Bounded c, Bounded d, Bounded e, Bounded f, Bounded g, Bounded h, Bounded i, Bounded j, Bounded k, Bounded l, Bounded m) => Bounded (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m) 
(Bounded a, Bounded b, Bounded c, Bounded d, Bounded e, Bounded f, Bounded g, Bounded h, Bounded i, Bounded j, Bounded k, Bounded l, Bounded m, Bounded n) => Bounded (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n) 
(Bounded a, Bounded b, Bounded c, Bounded d, Bounded e, Bounded f, Bounded g, Bounded h, Bounded i, Bounded j, Bounded k, Bounded l, Bounded m, Bounded n, Bounded o) => Bounded (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o) 

Numbers

Numeric types

data Int :: * Source

A fixed-precision integer type with at least the range [-2^29 .. 2^29-1]. The exact range for a given implementation can be determined by using minBound and maxBound from the Bounded class.

data Integer :: * Source

Invariant: Jn# and Jp# are used iff value doesn't fit in S#

Useful properties resulting from the invariants:

data Float :: * Source

Single-precision floating point numbers. It is desirable that this type be at least equal in range and precision to the IEEE single-precision type.

data Double :: * Source

Double-precision floating point numbers. It is desirable that this type be at least equal in range and precision to the IEEE double-precision type.

type Rational = Ratio Integer Source

Arbitrary-precision rational numbers, represented as a ratio of two Integer values. A rational number may be constructed using the % operator.

data Word :: * Source

A Word is an unsigned integral type, with the same size as Int.

Numeric type classes

class Num a where Source

Basic numeric class.

Minimal complete definition

(+), (*), abs, signum, fromInteger, (negate | (-))

Methods

(+), (-), (*) :: a -> a -> a infixl 7 *infixl 6 +, - Source

negate :: a -> a Source

Unary negation.

abs :: a -> a Source

Absolute value.

signum :: a -> a Source

Sign of a number. The functions abs and signum should satisfy the law:

abs x * signum x == x

For real numbers, the signum is either -1 (negative), 0 (zero) or 1 (positive).

fromInteger :: Integer -> a Source

Conversion from an Integer. An integer literal represents the application of the function fromInteger to the appropriate value of type Integer, so such literals have type (Num a) => a.

class (Real a, Enum a) => Integral a where Source

Integral numbers, supporting integer division.

Minimal complete definition

quotRem, toInteger

Methods

quot :: a -> a -> a infixl 7 Source

integer division truncated toward zero

rem :: a -> a -> a infixl 7 Source

integer remainder, satisfying

(x `quot` y)*y + (x `rem` y) == x

div :: a -> a -> a infixl 7 Source

integer division truncated toward negative infinity

mod :: a -> a -> a infixl 7 Source

integer modulus, satisfying

(x `div` y)*y + (x `mod` y) == x

quotRem :: a -> a -> (a, a) Source

simultaneous quot and rem

divMod :: a -> a -> (a, a) Source

simultaneous div and mod

toInteger :: a -> Integer Source

conversion to Integer

class Num a => Fractional a where Source

Fractional numbers, supporting real division.

Minimal complete definition

fromRational, (recip | (/))

Methods

(/) :: a -> a -> a infixl 7 Source

fractional division

recip :: a -> a Source

reciprocal fraction

fromRational :: Rational -> a Source

Conversion from a Rational (that is Ratio Integer). A floating literal stands for an application of fromRational to a value of type Rational, so such literals have type (Fractional a) => a.

class Fractional a => Floating a where Source

Trigonometric and hyperbolic functions and related functions.

Minimal complete definition

pi, exp, log, sin, cos, asin, acos, atan, sinh, cosh, asinh, acosh, atanh

Methods

pi :: a Source

exp, log, sqrt :: a -> a Source

(**), logBase :: a -> a -> a infixr 8 Source

sin, cos, tan :: a -> a Source

asin, acos, atan :: a -> a Source

sinh, cosh, tanh :: a -> a Source

asinh, acosh, atanh :: a -> a Source

class (Real a, Fractional a) => RealFrac a where Source

Extracting components of fractions.

Minimal complete definition

properFraction

Methods

properFraction :: Integral b => a -> (b, a) Source

The function properFraction takes a real fractional number x and returns a pair (n,f) such that x = n+f, and:

  • n is an integral number with the same sign as x; and
  • f is a fraction with the same type and sign as x, and with absolute value less than 1.

The default definitions of the ceiling, floor, truncate and round functions are in terms of properFraction.

truncate :: Integral b => a -> b Source

truncate x returns the integer nearest x between zero and x

round :: Integral b => a -> b Source

round x returns the nearest integer to x; the even integer if x is equidistant between two integers

ceiling :: Integral b => a -> b Source

ceiling x returns the least integer not less than x

floor :: Integral b => a -> b Source

floor x returns the greatest integer not greater than x

class (RealFrac a, Floating a) => RealFloat a where Source

Efficient, machine-independent access to the components of a floating-point number.

Methods

floatRadix :: a -> Integer Source

a constant function, returning the radix of the representation (often 2)

floatDigits :: a -> Int Source

a constant function, returning the number of digits of floatRadix in the significand

floatRange :: a -> (Int, Int) Source

a constant function, returning the lowest and highest values the exponent may assume

decodeFloat :: a -> (Integer, Int) Source

The function decodeFloat applied to a real floating-point number returns the significand expressed as an Integer and an appropriately scaled exponent (an Int). If decodeFloat x yields (m,n), then x is equal in value to m*b^^n, where b is the floating-point radix, and furthermore, either m and n are both zero or else b^(d-1) <= abs m < b^d, where d is the value of floatDigits x. In particular, decodeFloat 0 = (0,0). If the type contains a negative zero, also decodeFloat (-0.0) = (0,0). The result of decodeFloat x is unspecified if either of isNaN x or isInfinite x is True.

encodeFloat :: Integer -> Int -> a Source

encodeFloat performs the inverse of decodeFloat in the sense that for finite x with the exception of -0.0, uncurry encodeFloat (decodeFloat x) = x. encodeFloat m n is one of the two closest representable floating-point numbers to m*b^^n (or ±Infinity if overflow occurs); usually the closer, but if m contains too many bits, the result may be rounded in the wrong direction.

exponent :: a -> Int Source

exponent corresponds to the second component of decodeFloat. exponent 0 = 0 and for finite nonzero x, exponent x = snd (decodeFloat x) + floatDigits x. If x is a finite floating-point number, it is equal in value to significand x * b ^^ exponent x, where b is the floating-point radix. The behaviour is unspecified on infinite or NaN values.

significand :: a -> a Source

The first component of decodeFloat, scaled to lie in the open interval (-1,1), either 0.0 or of absolute value >= 1/b, where b is the floating-point radix. The behaviour is unspecified on infinite or NaN values.

scaleFloat :: Int -> a -> a Source

multiplies a floating-point number by an integer power of the radix

isNaN :: a -> Bool Source

True if the argument is an IEEE "not-a-number" (NaN) value

isInfinite :: a -> Bool Source

True if the argument is an IEEE infinity or negative infinity

isDenormalized :: a -> Bool Source

True if the argument is too small to be represented in normalized format

isNegativeZero :: a -> Bool Source

True if the argument is an IEEE negative zero

isIEEE :: a -> Bool Source

True if the argument is an IEEE floating point number

atan2 :: a -> a -> a Source

a version of arctangent taking two real floating-point arguments. For real floating x and y, atan2 y x computes the angle (from the positive x-axis) of the vector from the origin to the point (x,y). atan2 y x returns a value in the range [-pi, pi]. It follows the Common Lisp semantics for the origin when signed zeroes are supported. atan2 y 1, with y in a type that is RealFloat, should return the same value as atan y. A default definition of atan2 is provided, but implementors can provide a more accurate implementation.

Numeric functions

subtract :: Num a => a -> a -> a Source

the same as flip (-).

Because - is treated specially in the Haskell grammar, (- e) is not a section, but an application of prefix negation. However, (subtract exp) is equivalent to the disallowed section.

even :: Integral a => a -> Bool Source

odd :: Integral a => a -> Bool Source

gcd :: Integral a => a -> a -> a Source

gcd x y is the non-negative factor of both x and y of which every common factor of x and y is also a factor; for example gcd 4 2 = 2, gcd (-4) 6 = 2, gcd 0 4 = 4. gcd 0 0 = 0. (That is, the common divisor that is "greatest" in the divisibility preordering.)

Note: Since for signed fixed-width integer types, abs minBound < 0, the result may be negative if one of the arguments is minBound (and necessarily is if the other is 0 or minBound) for such types.

lcm :: Integral a => a -> a -> a Source

lcm x y is the smallest positive integer that both x and y divide.

(^) :: (Num a, Integral b) => a -> b -> a infixr 8 Source

raise a number to a non-negative integral power

(^^) :: (Fractional a, Integral b) => a -> b -> a infixr 8 Source

raise a number to an integral power

fromIntegral :: (Integral a, Num b) => a -> b Source

general coercion from integral types

realToFrac :: (Real a, Fractional b) => a -> b Source

general coercion to fractional types

Monoids

class Monoid a where Source

The class of monoids (types with an associative binary operation that has an identity). Instances should satisfy the following laws:

  • mappend mempty x = x
  • mappend x mempty = x
  • mappend x (mappend y z) = mappend (mappend x y) z
  • mconcat = foldr mappend mempty

The method names refer to the monoid of lists under concatenation, but there are many other instances.

Some types can be viewed as a monoid in more than one way, e.g. both addition and multiplication on numbers. In such cases we often define newtypes and make those instances of Monoid, e.g. Sum and Product.

Minimal complete definition

mempty, mappend

Methods

mempty :: a Source

Identity of mappend

mappend :: a -> a -> a Source

An associative operation

mconcat :: [a] -> a Source

Fold a list using the monoid. For most types, the default definition for mconcat will be used, but the function is included in the class definition so that an optimized version can be provided for specific types.

Instances

Monoid Ordering 
Monoid () 
Monoid Any 
Monoid All 
Monoid Event 
Monoid [a] 
Monoid a => Monoid (Maybe a)

Lift a semigroup into Maybe forming a Monoid according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoid: "Any semigroup S may be turned into a monoid simply by adjoining an element e not in S and defining e*e = e and e*s = s = s*e for all s ∈ S." Since there is no "Semigroup" typeclass providing just mappend, we use Monoid instead.

Monoid (Last a) 
Monoid (First a) 
Num a => Monoid (Product a) 
Num a => Monoid (Sum a) 
Monoid (Endo a) 
Monoid a => Monoid (Dual a) 
Monoid b => Monoid (a -> b) 
(Monoid a, Monoid b) => Monoid (a, b) 
Monoid (Proxy k s) 
Monoid a => Monoid (Const a b) 
Typeable (* -> Constraint) Monoid 
(Monoid a, Monoid b, Monoid c) => Monoid (a, b, c) 
Alternative f => Monoid (Alt * f a) 
(Monoid a, Monoid b, Monoid c, Monoid d) => Monoid (a, b, c, d) 
(Monoid a, Monoid b, Monoid c, Monoid d, Monoid e) => Monoid (a, b, c, d, e) 

Monads and functors

class Functor f where Source

The Functor class is used for types that can be mapped over. Instances of Functor should satisfy the following laws:

fmap id  ==  id
fmap (f . g)  ==  fmap f . fmap g

The instances of Functor for lists, Maybe and IO satisfy these laws.

Methods

fmap :: (a -> b) -> f a -> f b Source

class Functor f => Applicative f where Source

A functor with application, providing operations to

  • embed pure expressions (pure), and
  • sequence computations and combine their results (<*>).

A minimal complete definition must include implementations of these functions satisfying the following laws:

identity
pure id <*> v = v
composition
pure (.) <*> u <*> v <*> w = u <*> (v <*> w)
homomorphism
pure f <*> pure x = pure (f x)
interchange
u <*> pure y = pure ($ y) <*> u

The other methods have the following default definitions, which may be overridden with equivalent specialized implementations:

As a consequence of these laws, the Functor instance for f will satisfy

If f is also a Monad, it should satisfy

(which implies that pure and <*> satisfy the applicative functor laws).

Minimal complete definition

pure, (<*>)

Methods

pure :: a -> f a Source

Lift a value.

(<*>) :: f (a -> b) -> f a -> f b infixl 4 Source

Sequential application.

(*>) :: f a -> f b -> f b infixl 4 Source

Sequence actions, discarding the value of the first argument.

(<*) :: f a -> f b -> f a infixl 4 Source

Sequence actions, discarding the value of the second argument.

class Applicative m => Monad m where Source

The Monad class defines the basic operations over a monad, a concept from a branch of mathematics known as category theory. From the perspective of a Haskell programmer, however, it is best to think of a monad as an abstract datatype of actions. Haskell's do expressions provide a convenient syntax for writing monadic expressions.

Instances of Monad should satisfy the following laws:

Furthermore, the Monad and Applicative operations should relate as follows:

The above laws imply:

and that pure and (<*>) satisfy the applicative functor laws.

The instances of Monad for lists, Maybe and IO defined in the Prelude satisfy these laws.

Minimal complete definition

(>>=), return

Methods

(>>=) :: forall a b. m a -> (a -> m b) -> m b infixl 1 Source

Sequentially compose two actions, passing any value produced by the first as an argument to the second.

(>>) :: forall a b. m a -> m b -> m b infixl 1 Source

Sequentially compose two actions, discarding any value produced by the first, like sequencing operators (such as the semicolon) in imperative languages.

return :: a -> m a Source

Inject a value into the monadic type.

fail :: String -> m a Source

Fail with a message. This operation is not part of the mathematical definition of a monad, but is invoked on pattern-match failure in a do expression.

mapM_ :: (Foldable t, Monad m) => (a -> m b) -> t a -> m () Source

Map each element of a structure to a monadic action, evaluate these actions from left to right, and ignore the results. For a version that doesn't ignore the results see mapM.

As of base 4.8.0.0, mapM_ is just traverse_, specialized to Monad.

sequence_ :: (Foldable t, Monad m) => t (m a) -> m () Source

Evaluate each monadic action in the structure from left to right, and ignore the results. For a version that doesn't ignore the results see sequence.

As of base 4.8.0.0, sequence_ is just sequenceA_, specialized to Monad.

(=<<) :: Monad m => (a -> m b) -> m a -> m b infixr 1 Source

Same as >>=, but with the arguments interchanged.

Folds and traversals

class Foldable t where Source

Data structures that can be folded.

For example, given a data type

data Tree a = Empty | Leaf a | Node (Tree a) a (Tree a)

a suitable instance would be

instance Foldable Tree where
   foldMap f Empty = mempty
   foldMap f (Leaf x) = f x
   foldMap f (Node l k r) = foldMap f l `mappend` f k `mappend` foldMap f r

This is suitable even for abstract types, as the monoid is assumed to satisfy the monoid laws. Alternatively, one could define foldr:

instance Foldable Tree where
   foldr f z Empty = z
   foldr f z (Leaf x) = f x z
   foldr f z (Node l k r) = foldr f (f k (foldr f z r)) l

Foldable instances are expected to satisfy the following laws:

foldr f z t = appEndo (foldMap (Endo . f) t ) z
foldl f z t = appEndo (getDual (foldMap (Dual . Endo . flip f) t)) z
fold = foldMap id

sum, product, maximum, and minimum should all be essentially equivalent to foldMap forms, such as

sum = getSum . foldMap Sum

but may be less defined.

If the type is also a Functor instance, it should satisfy

foldMap f = fold . fmap f

which implies that

foldMap f . fmap g = foldMap (f . g)

Minimal complete definition

foldMap | foldr

Methods

foldMap :: Monoid m => (a -> m) -> t a -> m Source

Map each element of the structure to a monoid, and combine the results.

foldr :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> t a -> b Source

Right-associative fold of a structure.

foldr f z = foldr f z . toList

foldl :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> t a -> b Source

Left-associative fold of a structure.

foldl f z = foldl f z . toList

foldr1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> t a -> a Source

A variant of foldr that has no base case, and thus may only be applied to non-empty structures.

foldr1 f = foldr1 f . toList

foldl1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> t a -> a Source

A variant of foldl that has no base case, and thus may only be applied to non-empty structures.

foldl1 f = foldl1 f . toList

null :: t a -> Bool Source

Test whether the structure is empty. The default implementation is optimized for structures that are similar to cons-lists, because there is no general way to do better.

length :: t a -> Int Source

Returns the size/length of a finite structure as an Int. The default implementation is optimized for structures that are similar to cons-lists, because there is no general way to do better.

elem :: Eq a => a -> t a -> Bool infix 4 Source

Does the element occur in the structure?

maximum :: forall a. Ord a => t a -> a Source

The largest element of a non-empty structure.

minimum :: forall a. Ord a => t a -> a Source

The least element of a non-empty structure.

sum :: Num a => t a -> a Source

The sum function computes the sum of the numbers of a structure.

product :: Num a => t a -> a Source

The product function computes the product of the numbers of a structure.

class (Functor t, Foldable t) => Traversable t where Source

Functors representing data structures that can be traversed from left to right.

A definition of traverse must satisfy the following laws:

naturality
t . traverse f = traverse (t . f) for every applicative transformation t
identity
traverse Identity = Identity
composition
traverse (Compose . fmap g . f) = Compose . fmap (traverse g) . traverse f

A definition of sequenceA must satisfy the following laws:

naturality
t . sequenceA = sequenceA . fmap t for every applicative transformation t
identity
sequenceA . fmap Identity = Identity
composition
sequenceA . fmap Compose = Compose . fmap sequenceA . sequenceA

where an applicative transformation is a function

t :: (Applicative f, Applicative g) => f a -> g a

preserving the Applicative operations, i.e.

and the identity functor Identity and composition of functors Compose are defined as

  newtype Identity a = Identity a

  instance Functor Identity where
    fmap f (Identity x) = Identity (f x)

  instance Applicative Indentity where
    pure x = Identity x
    Identity f <*> Identity x = Identity (f x)

  newtype Compose f g a = Compose (f (g a))

  instance (Functor f, Functor g) => Functor (Compose f g) where
    fmap f (Compose x) = Compose (fmap (fmap f) x)

  instance (Applicative f, Applicative g) => Applicative (Compose f g) where
    pure x = Compose (pure (pure x))
    Compose f <*> Compose x = Compose ((<*>) <$> f <*> x)

(The naturality law is implied by parametricity.)

Instances are similar to Functor, e.g. given a data type

data Tree a = Empty | Leaf a | Node (Tree a) a (Tree a)

a suitable instance would be

instance Traversable Tree where
   traverse f Empty = pure Empty
   traverse f (Leaf x) = Leaf <$> f x
   traverse f (Node l k r) = Node <$> traverse f l <*> f k <*> traverse f r

This is suitable even for abstract types, as the laws for <*> imply a form of associativity.

The superclass instances should satisfy the following:

Minimal complete definition

traverse | sequenceA

Methods

traverse :: Applicative f => (a -> f b) -> t a -> f (t b) Source

Map each element of a structure to an action, evaluate these these actions from left to right, and collect the results. actions from left to right, and collect the results. For a version that ignores the results see traverse_.

sequenceA :: Applicative f => t (f a) -> f (t a) Source

Evaluate each action in the structure from left to right, and and collect the results. For a version that ignores the results see sequenceA_.

mapM :: Monad m => (a -> m b) -> t a -> m (t b) Source

Map each element of a structure to a monadic action, evaluate these actions from left to right, and collect the results. For a version that ignores the results see mapM_.

sequence :: Monad m => t (m a) -> m (t a) Source

Evaluate each monadic action in the structure from left to right, and collect the results. For a version that ignores the results see sequence_.

Miscellaneous functions

id :: a -> a Source

Identity function.

const :: a -> b -> a Source

Constant function.

(.) :: (b -> c) -> (a -> b) -> a -> c infixr 9 Source

Function composition.

flip :: (a -> b -> c) -> b -> a -> c Source

flip f takes its (first) two arguments in the reverse order of f.

($) :: (a -> b) -> a -> b infixr 0 Source

Application operator. This operator is redundant, since ordinary application (f x) means the same as (f $ x). However, $ has low, right-associative binding precedence, so it sometimes allows parentheses to be omitted; for example:

    f $ g $ h x  =  f (g (h x))

It is also useful in higher-order situations, such as map ($ 0) xs, or zipWith ($) fs xs.

until :: (a -> Bool) -> (a -> a) -> a -> a Source

until p f yields the result of applying f until p holds.

asTypeOf :: a -> a -> a Source

asTypeOf is a type-restricted version of const. It is usually used as an infix operator, and its typing forces its first argument (which is usually overloaded) to have the same type as the second.

error :: [Char] -> a Source

error stops execution and displays an error message.

undefined :: a Source

A special case of error. It is expected that compilers will recognize this and insert error messages which are more appropriate to the context in which undefined appears.

seq :: a -> b -> b Source

The value of seq a b is bottom if a is bottom, and otherwise equal to b. seq is usually introduced to improve performance by avoiding unneeded laziness.

A note on evaluation order: the expression seq a b does not guarantee that a will be evaluated before b. The only guarantee given by seq is that the both a and b will be evaluated before seq returns a value. In particular, this means that b may be evaluated before a. If you need to guarantee a specific order of evaluation, you must use the function pseq from the "parallel" package.

($!) :: (a -> b) -> a -> b infixr 0 Source

Strict (call-by-value) application operator. It takes a function and an argument, evaluates the argument to weak head normal form (WHNF), then calls the function with that value.

List operations

map :: (a -> b) -> [a] -> [b] Source

map f xs is the list obtained by applying f to each element of xs, i.e.,

map f [x1, x2, ..., xn] == [f x1, f x2, ..., f xn]
map f [x1, x2, ...] == [f x1, f x2, ...]

(++) :: [a] -> [a] -> [a] infixr 5 Source

Append two lists, i.e.,

[x1, ..., xm] ++ [y1, ..., yn] == [x1, ..., xm, y1, ..., yn]
[x1, ..., xm] ++ [y1, ...] == [x1, ..., xm, y1, ...]

If the first list is not finite, the result is the first list.

filter :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [a] Source

filter, applied to a predicate and a list, returns the list of those elements that satisfy the predicate; i.e.,

filter p xs = [ x | x <- xs, p x]

head :: [a] -> a Source

Extract the first element of a list, which must be non-empty.

last :: [a] -> a Source

Extract the last element of a list, which must be finite and non-empty.

tail :: [a] -> [a] Source

Extract the elements after the head of a list, which must be non-empty.

init :: [a] -> [a] Source

Return all the elements of a list except the last one. The list must be non-empty.

(!!) :: [a] -> Int -> a infixl 9 Source

List index (subscript) operator, starting from 0. It is an instance of the more general genericIndex, which takes an index of any integral type.

reverse :: [a] -> [a] Source

reverse xs returns the elements of xs in reverse order. xs must be finite.

Special folds

and :: Foldable t => t Bool -> Bool Source

and returns the conjunction of a container of Bools. For the result to be True, the container must be finite; False, however, results from a False value finitely far from the left end.

or :: Foldable t => t Bool -> Bool Source

or returns the disjunction of a container of Bools. For the result to be False, the container must be finite; True, however, results from a True value finitely far from the left end.

any :: Foldable t => (a -> Bool) -> t a -> Bool Source

Determines whether any element of the structure satisfies the predicate.

all :: Foldable t => (a -> Bool) -> t a -> Bool Source

Determines whether all elements of the structure satisfy the predicate.

concat :: Foldable t => t [a] -> [a] Source

The concatenation of all the elements of a container of lists.

concatMap :: Foldable t => (a -> [b]) -> t a -> [b] Source

Map a function over all the elements of a container and concatenate the resulting lists.

Building lists

Scans

scanl :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> [a] -> [b] Source

scanl is similar to foldl, but returns a list of successive reduced values from the left:

scanl f z [x1, x2, ...] == [z, z `f` x1, (z `f` x1) `f` x2, ...]

Note that

last (scanl f z xs) == foldl f z xs.

scanl1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> [a] -> [a] Source

scanl1 is a variant of scanl that has no starting value argument:

scanl1 f [x1, x2, ...] == [x1, x1 `f` x2, ...]

scanr :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> [a] -> [b] Source

scanr is the right-to-left dual of scanl. Note that

head (scanr f z xs) == foldr f z xs.

scanr1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> [a] -> [a] Source

scanr1 is a variant of scanr that has no starting value argument.

Infinite lists

iterate :: (a -> a) -> a -> [a] Source

iterate f x returns an infinite list of repeated applications of f to x:

iterate f x == [x, f x, f (f x), ...]

repeat :: a -> [a] Source

repeat x is an infinite list, with x the value of every element.

replicate :: Int -> a -> [a] Source

replicate n x is a list of length n with x the value of every element. It is an instance of the more general genericReplicate, in which n may be of any integral type.

cycle :: [a] -> [a] Source

cycle ties a finite list into a circular one, or equivalently, the infinite repetition of the original list. It is the identity on infinite lists.

Sublists

take :: Int -> [a] -> [a] Source

take n, applied to a list xs, returns the prefix of xs of length n, or xs itself if n > length xs:

take 5 "Hello World!" == "Hello"
take 3 [1,2,3,4,5] == [1,2,3]
take 3 [1,2] == [1,2]
take 3 [] == []
take (-1) [1,2] == []
take 0 [1,2] == []

It is an instance of the more general genericTake, in which n may be of any integral type.

drop :: Int -> [a] -> [a] Source

drop n xs returns the suffix of xs after the first n elements, or [] if n > length xs:

drop 6 "Hello World!" == "World!"
drop 3 [1,2,3,4,5] == [4,5]
drop 3 [1,2] == []
drop 3 [] == []
drop (-1) [1,2] == [1,2]
drop 0 [1,2] == [1,2]

It is an instance of the more general genericDrop, in which n may be of any integral type.

splitAt :: Int -> [a] -> ([a], [a]) Source

splitAt n xs returns a tuple where first element is xs prefix of length n and second element is the remainder of the list:

splitAt 6 "Hello World!" == ("Hello ","World!")
splitAt 3 [1,2,3,4,5] == ([1,2,3],[4,5])
splitAt 1 [1,2,3] == ([1],[2,3])
splitAt 3 [1,2,3] == ([1,2,3],[])
splitAt 4 [1,2,3] == ([1,2,3],[])
splitAt 0 [1,2,3] == ([],[1,2,3])
splitAt (-1) [1,2,3] == ([],[1,2,3])

It is equivalent to (take n xs, drop n xs) when n is not _|_ (splitAt _|_ xs = _|_). splitAt is an instance of the more general genericSplitAt, in which n may be of any integral type.

takeWhile :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [a] Source

takeWhile, applied to a predicate p and a list xs, returns the longest prefix (possibly empty) of xs of elements that satisfy p:

takeWhile (< 3) [1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4] == [1,2]
takeWhile (< 9) [1,2,3] == [1,2,3]
takeWhile (< 0) [1,2,3] == []

dropWhile :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [a] Source

dropWhile p xs returns the suffix remaining after takeWhile p xs:

dropWhile (< 3) [1,2,3,4,5,1,2,3] == [3,4,5,1,2,3]
dropWhile (< 9) [1,2,3] == []
dropWhile (< 0) [1,2,3] == [1,2,3]

span :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> ([a], [a]) Source

span, applied to a predicate p and a list xs, returns a tuple where first element is longest prefix (possibly empty) of xs of elements that satisfy p and second element is the remainder of the list:

span (< 3) [1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4] == ([1,2],[3,4,1,2,3,4])
span (< 9) [1,2,3] == ([1,2,3],[])
span (< 0) [1,2,3] == ([],[1,2,3])

span p xs is equivalent to (takeWhile p xs, dropWhile p xs)

break :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> ([a], [a]) Source

break, applied to a predicate p and a list xs, returns a tuple where first element is longest prefix (possibly empty) of xs of elements that do not satisfy p and second element is the remainder of the list:

break (> 3) [1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4] == ([1,2,3],[4,1,2,3,4])
break (< 9) [1,2,3] == ([],[1,2,3])
break (> 9) [1,2,3] == ([1,2,3],[])

break p is equivalent to span (not . p).

Searching lists

notElem :: (Foldable t, Eq a) => a -> t a -> Bool infix 4 Source

notElem is the negation of elem.

lookup :: Eq a => a -> [(a, b)] -> Maybe b Source

lookup key assocs looks up a key in an association list.

Zipping and unzipping lists

zip :: [a] -> [b] -> [(a, b)] Source

zip takes two lists and returns a list of corresponding pairs. If one input list is short, excess elements of the longer list are discarded.

zip is right-lazy:

zip [] _|_ = []

zip3 :: [a] -> [b] -> [c] -> [(a, b, c)] Source

zip3 takes three lists and returns a list of triples, analogous to zip.

zipWith :: (a -> b -> c) -> [a] -> [b] -> [c] Source

zipWith generalises zip by zipping with the function given as the first argument, instead of a tupling function. For example, zipWith (+) is applied to two lists to produce the list of corresponding sums.

zipWith is right-lazy:

zipWith f [] _|_ = []

zipWith3 :: (a -> b -> c -> d) -> [a] -> [b] -> [c] -> [d] Source

The zipWith3 function takes a function which combines three elements, as well as three lists and returns a list of their point-wise combination, analogous to zipWith.

unzip :: [(a, b)] -> ([a], [b]) Source

unzip transforms a list of pairs into a list of first components and a list of second components.

unzip3 :: [(a, b, c)] -> ([a], [b], [c]) Source

The unzip3 function takes a list of triples and returns three lists, analogous to unzip.

Functions on strings

lines :: String -> [String] Source

lines breaks a string up into a list of strings at newline characters. The resulting strings do not contain newlines.

words :: String -> [String] Source

words breaks a string up into a list of words, which were delimited by white space.

unlines :: [String] -> String Source

unlines is an inverse operation to lines. It joins lines, after appending a terminating newline to each.

unwords :: [String] -> String Source

unwords is an inverse operation to words. It joins words with separating spaces.

Converting to and from String

Converting to String

type ShowS = String -> String Source

The shows functions return a function that prepends the output String to an existing String. This allows constant-time concatenation of results using function composition.

class Show a where Source

Conversion of values to readable Strings.

Derived instances of Show have the following properties, which are compatible with derived instances of Read:

  • The result of show is a syntactically correct Haskell expression containing only constants, given the fixity declarations in force at the point where the type is declared. It contains only the constructor names defined in the data type, parentheses, and spaces. When labelled constructor fields are used, braces, commas, field names, and equal signs are also used.
  • If the constructor is defined to be an infix operator, then showsPrec will produce infix applications of the constructor.
  • the representation will be enclosed in parentheses if the precedence of the top-level constructor in x is less than d (associativity is ignored). Thus, if d is 0 then the result is never surrounded in parentheses; if d is 11 it is always surrounded in parentheses, unless it is an atomic expression.
  • If the constructor is defined using record syntax, then show will produce the record-syntax form, with the fields given in the same order as the original declaration.

For example, given the declarations

infixr 5 :^:
data Tree a =  Leaf a  |  Tree a :^: Tree a

the derived instance of Show is equivalent to

instance (Show a) => Show (Tree a) where

       showsPrec d (Leaf m) = showParen (d > app_prec) $
            showString "Leaf " . showsPrec (app_prec+1) m
         where app_prec = 10

       showsPrec d (u :^: v) = showParen (d > up_prec) $
            showsPrec (up_prec+1) u .
            showString " :^: "      .
            showsPrec (up_prec+1) v
         where up_prec = 5

Note that right-associativity of :^: is ignored. For example,

  • show (Leaf 1 :^: Leaf 2 :^: Leaf 3) produces the string "Leaf 1 :^: (Leaf 2 :^: Leaf 3)".

Minimal complete definition

showsPrec | show

Methods

showsPrec Source

Arguments

:: Int

the operator precedence of the enclosing context (a number from 0 to 11). Function application has precedence 10.

-> a

the value to be converted to a String

-> ShowS 

Convert a value to a readable String.

showsPrec should satisfy the law

showsPrec d x r ++ s  ==  showsPrec d x (r ++ s)

Derived instances of Read and Show satisfy the following:

That is, readsPrec parses the string produced by showsPrec, and delivers the value that showsPrec started with.

show :: a -> String Source

A specialised variant of showsPrec, using precedence context zero, and returning an ordinary String.

showList :: [a] -> ShowS Source

The method showList is provided to allow the programmer to give a specialised way of showing lists of values. For example, this is used by the predefined Show instance of the Char type, where values of type String should be shown in double quotes, rather than between square brackets.

Instances

Show Bool 
Show Char 
Show Int 
Show Int8 
Show Int16 
Show Int32 
Show Int64 
Show Integer 
Show Ordering 
Show Word 
Show Word8 
Show Word16 
Show Word32 
Show Word64 
Show () 
Show SomeException 
Show Number 
Show Lexeme 
Show GeneralCategory 
Show Fingerprint 
Show IOMode 
Show SomeSymbol 
Show SomeNat 
Show TyCon 
Show TypeRep 
Show Associativity 
Show Fixity 
Show Arity 
Show Any 
Show All 
Show CUIntMax 
Show CIntMax 
Show CUIntPtr 
Show CIntPtr 
Show CSUSeconds 
Show CUSeconds 
Show CTime 
Show CClock 
Show CSigAtomic 
Show CWchar 
Show CSize 
Show CPtrdiff 
Show CDouble 
Show CFloat 
Show CULLong 
Show CLLong 
Show CULong 
Show CLong 
Show CUInt 
Show CInt 
Show CUShort 
Show CShort 
Show CUChar 
Show CSChar 
Show CChar 
Show ArithException 
Show ErrorCall 
Show IOException 
Show MaskingState 
Show SeekMode 
Show Dynamic 
Show IntPtr 
Show WordPtr 
Show CodingProgress 
Show TextEncoding 
Show NewlineMode 
Show Newline 
Show BufferMode 
Show Handle 
Show IOErrorType 
Show ExitCode 
Show ArrayException 
Show AsyncException 
Show SomeAsyncException 
Show AssertionFailed 
Show AllocationLimitExceeded 
Show Deadlock 
Show BlockedIndefinitelyOnSTM 
Show BlockedIndefinitelyOnMVar 
Show CodingFailureMode 
Show Fd 
Show CRLim 
Show CTcflag 
Show CSpeed 
Show CCc 
Show CUid 
Show CNlink 
Show CGid 
Show CSsize 
Show CPid 
Show COff 
Show CMode 
Show CIno 
Show CDev 
Show Event 
Show ThreadStatus 
Show BlockReason 
Show ThreadId 
Show NestedAtomically 
Show NonTermination 
Show NoMethodError 
Show RecUpdError 
Show RecConError 
Show RecSelError 
Show PatternMatchFail 
Show FdKey 
Show HandlePosn 
Show GCStats 
Show Version 
Show Fixity 
Show ConstrRep 
Show DataRep 
Show Constr 
Show DataType 
Show Natural 
Show RTSFlags 
Show TickyFlags 
Show TraceFlags 
Show ProfFlags 
Show CCFlags 
Show DebugFlags 
Show MiscFlags 
Show ConcFlags 
Show GCFlags 
Show StaticPtrInfo 
Show Void 
Show a => Show [a] 
(Integral a, Show a) => Show (Ratio a) 
Show (Ptr a) 
Show (FunPtr a) 
Show (U1 p) 
Show p => Show (Par1 p) 
Show a => Show (Maybe a) 
Show a => Show (Down a) 
Show a => Show (Last a) 
Show a => Show (First a) 
Show a => Show (Product a) 
Show a => Show (Sum a) 
Show a => Show (Dual a) 
Show (ForeignPtr a) 
Show a => Show (ZipList a) 
Show a => Show (Complex a) 
HasResolution a => Show (Fixed a) 
Show a => Show (Identity a)

This instance would be equivalent to the derived instances of the Identity newtype if the runIdentity field were removed

(Show a, Show b) => Show (Either a b) 
Show (f p) => Show (Rec1 f p) 
(Show a, Show b) => Show (a, b) 
Show (ST s a) 
Show (Proxy k s) 
Show a => Show (Const a b) 
Typeable (* -> Constraint) Show 
Show c => Show (K1 i c p) 
(Show (f p), Show (g p)) => Show ((:+:) f g p) 
(Show (f p), Show (g p)) => Show ((:*:) f g p) 
Show (f (g p)) => Show ((:.:) f g p) 
(Show a, Show b, Show c) => Show (a, b, c) 
Show ((:~:) k a b) 
Show (Coercion k a b) 
Show (f a) => Show (Alt k f a) 
Show (f p) => Show (M1 i c f p) 
(Show a, Show b, Show c, Show d) => Show (a, b, c, d) 
(Show a, Show b, Show c, Show d, Show e) => Show (a, b, c, d, e) 
(Show a, Show b, Show c, Show d, Show e, Show f) => Show (a, b, c, d, e, f) 
(Show a, Show b, Show c, Show d, Show e, Show f, Show g) => Show (a, b, c, d, e, f, g) 
(Show a, Show b, Show c, Show d, Show e, Show f, Show g, Show h) => Show (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h) 
(Show a, Show b, Show c, Show d, Show e, Show f, Show g, Show h, Show i) => Show (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i) 
(Show a, Show b, Show c, Show d, Show e, Show f, Show g, Show h, Show i, Show j) => Show (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j) 
(Show a, Show b, Show c, Show d, Show e, Show f, Show g, Show h, Show i, Show j, Show k) => Show (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k) 
(Show a, Show b, Show c, Show d, Show e, Show f, Show g, Show h, Show i, Show j, Show k, Show l) => Show (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l) 
(Show a, Show b, Show c, Show d, Show e, Show f, Show g, Show h, Show i, Show j, Show k, Show l, Show m) => Show (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m) 
(Show a, Show b, Show c, Show d, Show e, Show f, Show g, Show h, Show i, Show j, Show k, Show l, Show m, Show n) => Show (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n) 
(Show a, Show b, Show c, Show d, Show e, Show f, Show g, Show h, Show i, Show j, Show k, Show l, Show m, Show n, Show o) => Show (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o) 

shows :: Show a => a -> ShowS Source

equivalent to showsPrec with a precedence of 0.

showChar :: Char -> ShowS Source

utility function converting a Char to a show function that simply prepends the character unchanged.

showString :: String -> ShowS Source

utility function converting a String to a show function that simply prepends the string unchanged.

showParen :: Bool -> ShowS -> ShowS Source

utility function that surrounds the inner show function with parentheses when the Bool parameter is True.

Converting from String

type ReadS a = String -> [(a, String)] Source

A parser for a type a, represented as a function that takes a String and returns a list of possible parses as (a,String) pairs.

Note that this kind of backtracking parser is very inefficient; reading a large structure may be quite slow (cf ReadP).

class Read a where Source

Parsing of Strings, producing values.

Derived instances of Read make the following assumptions, which derived instances of Show obey:

  • If the constructor is defined to be an infix operator, then the derived Read instance will parse only infix applications of the constructor (not the prefix form).
  • Associativity is not used to reduce the occurrence of parentheses, although precedence may be.
  • If the constructor is defined using record syntax, the derived Read will parse only the record-syntax form, and furthermore, the fields must be given in the same order as the original declaration.
  • The derived Read instance allows arbitrary Haskell whitespace between tokens of the input string. Extra parentheses are also allowed.

For example, given the declarations

infixr 5 :^:
data Tree a =  Leaf a  |  Tree a :^: Tree a

the derived instance of Read in Haskell 2010 is equivalent to

instance (Read a) => Read (Tree a) where

        readsPrec d r =  readParen (d > app_prec)
                         (\r -> [(Leaf m,t) |
                                 ("Leaf",s) <- lex r,
                                 (m,t) <- readsPrec (app_prec+1) s]) r

                      ++ readParen (d > up_prec)
                         (\r -> [(u:^:v,w) |
                                 (u,s) <- readsPrec (up_prec+1) r,
                                 (":^:",t) <- lex s,
                                 (v,w) <- readsPrec (up_prec+1) t]) r

          where app_prec = 10
                up_prec = 5

Note that right-associativity of :^: is unused.

The derived instance in GHC is equivalent to

instance (Read a) => Read (Tree a) where

        readPrec = parens $ (prec app_prec $ do
                                 Ident "Leaf" <- lexP
                                 m <- step readPrec
                                 return (Leaf m))

                     +++ (prec up_prec $ do
                                 u <- step readPrec
                                 Symbol ":^:" <- lexP
                                 v <- step readPrec
                                 return (u :^: v))

          where app_prec = 10
                up_prec = 5

        readListPrec = readListPrecDefault

Minimal complete definition

readsPrec | readPrec

Methods

readsPrec Source

Arguments

:: Int

the operator precedence of the enclosing context (a number from 0 to 11). Function application has precedence 10.

-> ReadS a 

attempts to parse a value from the front of the string, returning a list of (parsed value, remaining string) pairs. If there is no successful parse, the returned list is empty.

Derived instances of Read and Show satisfy the following:

That is, readsPrec parses the string produced by showsPrec, and delivers the value that showsPrec started with.

readList :: ReadS [a] Source

The method readList is provided to allow the programmer to give a specialised way of parsing lists of values. For example, this is used by the predefined Read instance of the Char type, where values of type String should be are expected to use double quotes, rather than square brackets.

Instances

Read Bool 
Read Char 
Read Double 
Read Float 
Read Int 
Read Int8 
Read Int16 
Read Int32 
Read Int64 
Read Integer 
Read Ordering 
Read Word 
Read Word8 
Read Word16 
Read Word32 
Read Word64 
Read () 
Read Lexeme 
Read GeneralCategory 
Read IOMode 
Read SomeSymbol 
Read SomeNat 
Read Associativity 
Read Fixity 
Read Arity 
Read Any 
Read All 
Read CUIntMax 
Read CIntMax 
Read CUIntPtr 
Read CIntPtr 
Read CSUSeconds 
Read CUSeconds 
Read CTime 
Read CClock 
Read CSigAtomic 
Read CWchar 
Read CSize 
Read CPtrdiff 
Read CDouble 
Read CFloat 
Read CULLong 
Read CLLong 
Read CULong 
Read CLong 
Read CUInt 
Read CInt 
Read CUShort 
Read CShort 
Read CUChar 
Read CSChar 
Read CChar 
Read SeekMode 
Read IntPtr 
Read WordPtr 
Read NewlineMode 
Read Newline 
Read BufferMode 
Read ExitCode 
Read Fd 
Read CRLim 
Read CTcflag 
Read CSpeed 
Read CCc 
Read CUid 
Read CNlink 
Read CGid 
Read CSsize 
Read CPid 
Read COff 
Read CMode 
Read CIno 
Read CDev 
Read GCStats 
Read Version 
Read Natural 
Read Void

Reading a Void value is always a parse error, considering Void as a data type with no constructors.

Read a => Read [a] 
(Integral a, Read a) => Read (Ratio a) 
Read (U1 p) 
Read p => Read (Par1 p) 
Read a => Read (Maybe a) 
Read a => Read (Down a) 
Read a => Read (Last a) 
Read a => Read (First a) 
Read a => Read (Product a) 
Read a => Read (Sum a) 
Read a => Read (Dual a) 
Read a => Read (ZipList a) 
Read a => Read (Complex a) 
HasResolution a => Read (Fixed a) 
Read a => Read (Identity a)

This instance would be equivalent to the derived instances of the Identity newtype if the runIdentity field were removed

(Read a, Read b) => Read (Either a b) 
Read (f p) => Read (Rec1 f p) 
(Read a, Read b) => Read (a, b) 
Read (Proxy k s) 
Read a => Read (Const a b) 
Typeable (* -> Constraint) Read 
Read c => Read (K1 i c p) 
(Read (f p), Read (g p)) => Read ((:+:) f g p) 
(Read (f p), Read (g p)) => Read ((:*:) f g p) 
Read (f (g p)) => Read ((:.:) f g p) 
(Read a, Read b, Read c) => Read (a, b, c) 
(~) k a b => Read ((:~:) k a b) 
Coercible k a b => Read (Coercion k a b) 
Read (f a) => Read (Alt k f a) 
Read (f p) => Read (M1 i c f p) 
(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d) => Read (a, b, c, d) 
(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e) => Read (a, b, c, d, e) 
(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f) 
(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g) 
(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h) 
(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h, Read i) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i) 
(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h, Read i, Read j) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j) 
(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h, Read i, Read j, Read k) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k) 
(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h, Read i, Read j, Read k, Read l) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l) 
(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h, Read i, Read j, Read k, Read l, Read m) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m) 
(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h, Read i, Read j, Read k, Read l, Read m, Read n) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n) 
(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h, Read i, Read j, Read k, Read l, Read m, Read n, Read o) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o) 

reads :: Read a => ReadS a Source

equivalent to readsPrec with a precedence of 0.

readParen :: Bool -> ReadS a -> ReadS a Source

readParen True p parses what p parses, but surrounded with parentheses.

readParen False p parses what p parses, but optionally surrounded with parentheses.

read :: Read a => String -> a Source

The read function reads input from a string, which must be completely consumed by the input process.

lex :: ReadS String Source

The lex function reads a single lexeme from the input, discarding initial white space, and returning the characters that constitute the lexeme. If the input string contains only white space, lex returns a single successful `lexeme' consisting of the empty string. (Thus lex "" = [("","")].) If there is no legal lexeme at the beginning of the input string, lex fails (i.e. returns []).

This lexer is not completely faithful to the Haskell lexical syntax in the following respects:

  • Qualified names are not handled properly
  • Octal and hexadecimal numerics are not recognized as a single token
  • Comments are not treated properly

Basic Input and output

data IO a :: * -> * Source

A value of type IO a is a computation which, when performed, does some I/O before returning a value of type a.

There is really only one way to "perform" an I/O action: bind it to Main.main in your program. When your program is run, the I/O will be performed. It isn't possible to perform I/O from an arbitrary function, unless that function is itself in the IO monad and called at some point, directly or indirectly, from Main.main.

IO is a monad, so IO actions can be combined using either the do-notation or the >> and >>= operations from the Monad class.

Instances

Monad IO 
Functor IO 
MonadFix IO 
Applicative IO 
(~) * a () => HPrintfType (IO a) 
(~) * a () => PrintfType (IO a) 
Typeable (* -> *) IO 

Simple I/O operations

Output functions

putChar :: Char -> IO () Source

Write a character to the standard output device (same as hPutChar stdout).

putStr :: String -> IO () Source

Write a string to the standard output device (same as hPutStr stdout).

putStrLn :: String -> IO () Source

The same as putStr, but adds a newline character.

print :: Show a => a -> IO () Source

The print function outputs a value of any printable type to the standard output device. Printable types are those that are instances of class Show; print converts values to strings for output using the show operation and adds a newline.

For example, a program to print the first 20 integers and their powers of 2 could be written as:

main = print ([(n, 2^n) | n <- [0..19]])

Input functions

getChar :: IO Char Source

Read a character from the standard input device (same as hGetChar stdin).

getLine :: IO String Source

Read a line from the standard input device (same as hGetLine stdin).

getContents :: IO String Source

The getContents operation returns all user input as a single string, which is read lazily as it is needed (same as hGetContents stdin).

interact :: (String -> String) -> IO () Source

The interact function takes a function of type String->String as its argument. The entire input from the standard input device is passed to this function as its argument, and the resulting string is output on the standard output device.

Files

type FilePath = String Source

File and directory names are values of type String, whose precise meaning is operating system dependent. Files can be opened, yielding a handle which can then be used to operate on the contents of that file.

readFile :: FilePath -> IO String Source

The readFile function reads a file and returns the contents of the file as a string. The file is read lazily, on demand, as with getContents.

writeFile :: FilePath -> String -> IO () Source

The computation writeFile file str function writes the string str, to the file file.

appendFile :: FilePath -> String -> IO () Source

The computation appendFile file str function appends the string str, to the file file.

Note that writeFile and appendFile write a literal string to a file. To write a value of any printable type, as with print, use the show function to convert the value to a string first.

main = appendFile "squares" (show [(x,x*x) | x <- [0,0.1..2]])

readIO :: Read a => String -> IO a Source

The readIO function is similar to read except that it signals parse failure to the IO monad instead of terminating the program.

readLn :: Read a => IO a Source

The readLn function combines getLine and readIO.

Exception handling in the I/O monad

type IOError = IOException Source

The Haskell 2010 type for exceptions in the IO monad. Any I/O operation may raise an IOError instead of returning a result. For a more general type of exception, including also those that arise in pure code, see Control.Exception.Exception.

In Haskell 2010, this is an opaque type.

ioError :: IOError -> IO a Source

Raise an IOError in the IO monad.

userError :: String -> IOError Source

Construct an IOError value with a string describing the error. The fail method of the IO instance of the Monad class raises a userError, thus:

instance Monad IO where
  ...
  fail s = ioError (userError s)