[Haskell-cafe] Dividing integers?

[Ferenc Wagner]

"Matias Hernandez" <matiash at artech.com.uy> writes:

> I mean, apparently "/" is not defined for integers but I
> don't know how to "cast" the result of the length function
> into a Double...
>
> Prelude> (length [1,2]) / 3

Prelude> fromIntegral (length [1,2])/3
0.666666666666667

> Prelude> 2 / 3
> 0.6666666666666666

Literal 2 means fromIntegral 2, but length::[a]->Int.
-- 
Feri.