[Haskell-beginners] Algebraic types, shared parameters, pattern matching

[Christopher Howard]

I noticed that with algebraic types I can do something like so:

code
--------
data Projectile = Bullet { range :: Double }
                  | Missile { range :: Double }
                  | Torpedo { range :: Double }

f p = let r = range p in
      ...whatever...

--------

(This is interesting in and of itself, as I don't in this case have to
do pattern matching for each constructor. Also, apparently not all the
constructors actually need to have a "range" selector for the program to
compile!)

However, what if I wanted to make the same function f (again, without
multiple lines of pattern matching) but using a "simpler" data type like so:

code:
--------
type Range = Double

data Projectile = Bullet Range | Missile Range | Torpedo Range
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My first try was

code
--------
f (_ r) = ...
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But that doesn't work.

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