Maximum value in a list

[sashan]

Liyang HU wrote:

>Given that you've already taken care of the empty case, (and assuming you
>think the maximum of an empty list is indeed zero) can't you just use foldr1
>instead of foldr? (foldr1 f l is equivalent to foldr f (head l) (tail l))
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>

Thanks. Didn't know about foldr1 but should've thought of  the definition.

>Have fun in your adventures with Haskell, :)
>/Liyang
>  
>

Yeah...I thought I'd try it again after doing a basic course on it a few 
years ago and liking the language. Now I want to do something practical 
with it.

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