[Haskell-beginners] The case expression

[Erik de Castro Lopo]

David Morse wrote:

> So you could really hammer it with blunt force:
> 
> case x of
>   0 -> "zero"
>   n | n `elem` [1,3,5,7] -> "odd"
>      | n `elem` [2, 4, 6, 8] -> "even"
>      | otherwise -> "bad number"

Ah, that's was what I was after. Thanks.

> By the way, zero is even. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_is_even

I did warn people this was a naive example. Did I really need to
make people aware this it was a *silly, completely contrived and
possibly incorrect* example ;-).

Cheers,
Erik
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