[Haskell-beginners] function defenition. Do I understand it right?

[Ozgur Akgun]

Hi.

On 11 July 2011 18:44, David McBride <dmcbride at neondsl.com> wrote:

> And your first version (once corrected for syntax) works on any list
> length except for empty lists.
>

Why wouldn't it work for empty lists?

For example with the following definition:
halve xs = let n = length xs `div` 2 in (take n xs, drop n xs)

Best,
Ozgur
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