Copyright	(c) The University of Glasgow 2001
License	BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE)
Maintainer	libraries@haskell.org
Stability	provisional
Portability	portable
Safe Haskell	Trustworthy
Language	Haskell2010

Data.Functor

Description

Functors: uniform action over a parameterized type, generalizing the map function on lists.

Synopsis

Documentation

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.

Minimal complete definition

fmap

Methods

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

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

Replace all locations in the input with the same value. The default definition is fmap . const, but this may be overridden with a more efficient version.

Instances

Functor []
Functor IO
Functor Maybe
Functor ReadP
Functor ReadPrec
Functor Last
Functor First
Functor STM
Functor Handler
Functor ZipList
Functor Identity
Functor ArgDescr
Functor OptDescr
Functor ArgOrder
Functor ((->) r)
Functor (Either a)
Functor ((,) a)
Functor (ST s)
Functor (Proxy *)
Arrow a => Functor (ArrowMonad a)
Monad m => Functor (WrappedMonad m)
Functor (Const m)
Functor (ST s)
Functor f => Functor (Alt * f)
Arrow a => Functor (WrappedArrow a b)

($>) :: Functor f => f a -> b -> f b infixl 4 Source

Flipped version of <$.

Examples

Replace the contents of a Maybe Int with a constant String:

>>> Nothing $> "foo"
Nothing
>>> Just 90210 $> "foo"
Just "foo"

Replace the contents of an Either Int Int with a constant String, resulting in an Either Int String:

>>> Left 8675309 $> "foo"
Left 8675309
>>> Right 8675309 $> "foo"
Right "foo"

Replace each element of a list with a constant String:

>>> [1,2,3] $> "foo"
["foo","foo","foo"]

Replace the second element of a pair with a constant String:

>>> (1,2) $> "foo"
(1,"foo")

Since: 4.7.0.0

(<$>) :: Functor f => (a -> b) -> f a -> f b infixl 4 Source

An infix synonym for fmap.

Examples

Convert from a Maybe Int to a Maybe String using show:

>>> show <$> Nothing
Nothing
>>> show <$> Just 3
Just "3"

Convert from an Either Int Int to an Either Int String using show:

>>> show <$> Left 17
Left 17
>>> show <$> Right 17
Right "17"

Double each element of a list:

>>> (*2) <$> [1,2,3]
[2,4,6]

Apply even to the second element of a pair:

>>> even <$> (2,2)
(2,True)

void :: Functor f => f a -> f () Source

void value discards or ignores the result of evaluation, such as the return value of an IO action.

Examples

Replace the contents of a Maybe Int with unit:

>>> void Nothing
Nothing
>>> void (Just 3)
Just ()

Replace the contents of an Either Int Int with unit, resulting in an Either Int '()':

>>> void (Left 8675309)
Left 8675309
>>> void (Right 8675309)
Right ()

Replace every element of a list with unit:

>>> void [1,2,3]
[(),(),()]

Replace the second element of a pair with unit:

>>> void (1,2)
(1,())

Discard the result of an IO action:

>>> mapM print [1,2]
1
2
[(),()]
>>> void $ mapM print [1,2]
1
2