[Haskell-beginners] Conditionals where more than one case is true

[PATRICK BROWNE]

  Francesco,
 Yes, what I was looking for.
Thanks,
Pat

On 17 April 2017 at 11:54, Francesco Ariis <fa-ml at ariis.it> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 11:26:07AM +0100, PATRICK BROWNE wrote:
> > I can apreciate that the program works when the first guard condition is
> > met (faster Bob Joe).
> > I am not sure why it fails on the second case (faster Bob Joe)
>
> Your `fact` function is the one that is partial
>
>     fact Buffalo Bob = True
>     fact Pig Joe     = True
>     fact Slug Steve  = True
>     -- what if all those patterns fail?
>
> You should add a line to handle "every other case", like
>
>     fact Buffalo Bob = True
>     fact Pig Joe     = True
>     fact Slug Steve  = True
>     fact _    _      = False
>
> Does that help?
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