[Haskell-beginners] Case statements shorter

[Ozgur Akgun]

No, not if you use case. But you can do better with a simple if, in this
particular case.

if n == 3 || n == 4
then "Something"
else "Other"

Or even,

if n `elem` [3,4]
them "Something"
else "Other"

HTH,

On 1 November 2010 15:59, Angel Alonso <alderzdev at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have the following piece of code:
>
> n = 3
> case n of
>    3 -> "Something"
>    4 -> "Something"
>   _ -> "Other"
>
> Is it possible to shorten the case statement into something like this?:
>
> n = 3
> case n of
>    3 or 4 -> "Something"
>    _ -> "Other"
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- Angel Alonso
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-- 
Ozgur Akgun
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