[Haskell-beginners] self recursive lambda

[sarfraz]

Ok thanks, got it working:

import System.IO
import Control.Monad.Fix

nHead :: Int -> String -> String
nHead n str = let rec = \x n str -> if n == 0 then str else x (n - 1) (tail str)
              in if (length str) < n then str else fix rec n str

main = interact (nHead 5)

In the end I will be using: 

import System.IO

nHead :: Int -> String -> String
nHead n str = let rec n str = if n == 0 then str else x (n - 1) (tail str)
              in if (length str) < n then str else rec n str

main = interact (nHead 5)

But it's good to know that it was possible.


On Mon, Apr 09, 2012 at 12:28:42PM -0500, Antoine Latter wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 10:57 AM, sarfraz <dragoon.empire at yahoo.fr> wrote:
> > 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)
> 
> You can't make a recursive lambda directly - you need a helper function:
> 
> http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/base/latest/doc/html/Data-Function.html#v:fix
> 
> Example usage:
> 
> > let factNonResursive = \fact n -> if n < 2 then 1 else n * fact (n - 1)
> > fix factNonRecursive 5
> 
> Antoine
> 
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-- 
Sarfraz K.
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