New to Haskell

Matthew Morvant mmorvant@nha.net
Thu, 28 Aug 2003 10:44:10 -0500


Hello,
    I am very new to haskell.  I was hoping someone could explain something
to me

	fname          :: [([Char],a)] -> String
	fname []          = "Result_Blank"
	fname ((x,xs):ys) = x

What exactly [use little words :-)] does this do?