[Haskell-beginners] Understanding some notation

[Jack Henahan]

I have this code snippet:

    import Data.List

    aaa x (y:ys) = case splitAt x (y:ys) of
      (n, x:xs) -> x:n ++ xs
      (n, xs) -> n ++ xs

I understand what it's meant to do (that is, split a list at index `x` and make a new list with that element at the head, or just return the list when given a singleton), but my brain is failing me when trying to read the notation `n ++ xs`.

Is there some obvious explanation that I'm just forgetting?


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