[Haskell-beginners] Help in pattern matching

[Joe Fox]

Hi Guys ,


I am having a problem with patter matching .  I have declared following data
type

data TestData = DataConst1 Int String
                        | DataConst2 Int Int
                        | DataConst3 Sting String
                        | DataConst4 String Int


and now i have function *"test"* which behaves similarly for (DataConst1 and
DataConst2 ) and behaves similarly from DataConst3 and DataConst4.

for ex

test (DataConst1 x y) = x
test (DataConst2 x y )= x

test (DataConst3 x y) = y
test(DataConst4 x y )= y


no my problem here is , is there any way i can merge these 4 statements in
two statements .... some way i can match DataConst1 and DataConst2 in the
same line it would save me a lot of rewriting of code
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