[Haskell-beginners] self recursive lambda

[sarfraz]

Hi,

Can't seem to be able to debug the following:

import System.IO

nHead :: Int -> String -> String
nHead n str = if (length str) < n
              then str
              else if n ==0
                   then str
                   else (\x n str -> if n == 0 
-- this lambda does not work
                                     then str
                                     else x (n - 1) (tail str))

main = interact (nHead 5)

I see where the problem is. But surely it is possible to make a 
recursive lambda. (I want to use a lambda, i know how to do otherwise)

-- 
Sarfraz K.
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