[Haskell-beginners] foldl on Bool:s
goforgit .
teztingit at gmail.com
Thu Sep 24 16:04:18 UTC 2015
Reading http://learnyouahaskell.com/higher-order-functions
I understand that with the function
sum' :: (Num a) => [a] -> a
sum' = foldl (+) 0
the call
ghci>>> sum' [1,2,3]
will be evaluated as
0 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 6
But what about the function
elem' :: (Eq a) => a -> [a] -> Bool
elem' y ys = foldl (\acc x -> if x == y then True else acc) False ys
and calling it with
ghci>>> elem' 3 [1,2,3]
How is that evaluated to True by foldl in elem'?
Thanks in advance for any explanation to this!
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