[Haskell-beginners] Return function

[Shishir Srivastava]

Hi,

Looking at the definition of return function for a Monad, it is described
as -

return :: a -> m a

However when I do -

return (Just 3)

The result is

Just 3

and not

Just (Just 3)

If I understand the definition correctly (which doesn't seem to be the
case) the return function should wrap the parameter (which in my case is
'Just 3') into the Maybe Monad and therefore should return me 'Just (Just
3)'

Please can someone help explain.

Thanks,

Shishir Srivastava
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