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 |
The Maybe type, and associated operations.
Documentation
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.
Monad Maybe # | Since: 2.1 |
Functor Maybe # | Since: 2.1 |
MonadFix Maybe # | Since: 2.1 |
MonadFail Maybe # | Since: 4.9.0.0 |
Applicative Maybe # | Since: 2.1 |
Foldable Maybe # | Since: 2.1 |
Traversable Maybe # | Since: 2.1 |
MonadPlus Maybe # | Since: 2.1 |
Alternative Maybe # | Since: 2.1 |
MonadZip Maybe # | Since: 4.8.0.0 |
Show1 Maybe # | Since: 4.9.0.0 |
Read1 Maybe # | Since: 4.9.0.0 |
Ord1 Maybe # | Since: 4.9.0.0 |
Eq1 Maybe # | Since: 4.9.0.0 |
Eq a => Eq (Maybe a) # | |
Data a => Data (Maybe a) # | Since: 4.0.0.0 |
Ord a => Ord (Maybe a) # | |
Read a => Read (Maybe a) # | Since: 2.1 |
Show a => Show (Maybe a) # | |
Generic (Maybe a) # | |
Semigroup a => Semigroup (Maybe a) # | Since: 4.9.0.0 |
Monoid a => Monoid (Maybe a) # | Lift a semigroup into Since: 2.1 |
Generic1 * Maybe # | |
type Rep (Maybe a) # | |
type Rep1 * Maybe # | |
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
""
fromMaybe :: a -> Maybe a -> a Source #
The fromMaybe
function takes a default value and and Maybe
value. If the Maybe
is Nothing
, it returns the default values;
otherwise, it returns the value contained in the Maybe
.
Examples
Basic usage:
>>>
fromMaybe "" (Just "Hello, World!")
"Hello, World!"
>>>
fromMaybe "" Nothing
""
Read an integer from a string using readMaybe
. If we fail to
parse an integer, we want to return 0
by default:
>>>
import Text.Read ( readMaybe )
>>>
fromMaybe 0 (readMaybe "5")
5>>>
fromMaybe 0 (readMaybe "")
0
listToMaybe :: [a] -> Maybe a Source #
The listToMaybe
function returns Nothing
on an empty list
or
where Just
aa
is the first element of the list.
Examples
Basic usage:
>>>
listToMaybe []
Nothing
>>>
listToMaybe [9]
Just 9
>>>
listToMaybe [1,2,3]
Just 1
Composing maybeToList
with listToMaybe
should be the identity
on singleton/empty lists:
>>>
maybeToList $ listToMaybe [5]
[5]>>>
maybeToList $ listToMaybe []
[]
But not on lists with more than one element:
>>>
maybeToList $ listToMaybe [1,2,3]
[1]
maybeToList :: Maybe a -> [a] Source #
The maybeToList
function returns an empty list when given
Nothing
or a singleton list when not given Nothing
.
Examples
Basic usage:
>>>
maybeToList (Just 7)
[7]
>>>
maybeToList Nothing
[]
One can use maybeToList
to avoid pattern matching when combined
with a function that (safely) works on lists:
>>>
import Text.Read ( readMaybe )
>>>
sum $ maybeToList (readMaybe "3")
3>>>
sum $ maybeToList (readMaybe "")
0
catMaybes :: [Maybe a] -> [a] Source #
The catMaybes
function takes a list of Maybe
s and returns
a list of all the Just
values.
Examples
Basic usage:
>>>
catMaybes [Just 1, Nothing, Just 3]
[1,3]
When constructing a list of Maybe
values, catMaybes
can be used
to return all of the "success" results (if the list is the result
of a map
, then mapMaybe
would be more appropriate):
>>>
import Text.Read ( readMaybe )
>>>
[readMaybe x :: Maybe Int | x <- ["1", "Foo", "3"] ]
[Just 1,Nothing,Just 3]>>>
catMaybes $ [readMaybe x :: Maybe Int | x <- ["1", "Foo", "3"] ]
[1,3]
mapMaybe :: (a -> Maybe b) -> [a] -> [b] Source #
The mapMaybe
function is a version of map
which can throw
out elements. In particular, the functional argument returns
something of type
. If this is Maybe
bNothing
, no element
is added on to the result list. If it is
, then Just
bb
is
included in the result list.
Examples
Using
is a shortcut for mapMaybe
f x
in most cases:catMaybes
$ map
f x
>>>
import Text.Read ( readMaybe )
>>>
let readMaybeInt = readMaybe :: String -> Maybe Int
>>>
mapMaybe readMaybeInt ["1", "Foo", "3"]
[1,3]>>>
catMaybes $ map readMaybeInt ["1", "Foo", "3"]
[1,3]
If we map the Just
constructor, the entire list should be returned:
>>>
mapMaybe Just [1,2,3]
[1,2,3]