[Haskell-cafe] Wheres this going wrong

[Udo Stenzel]

Neil Rutland wrote:
> ttyyppee LLiinnee == [[((((SSttrriinngg,,SSttrriinngg)),,((SSttrriinngg,,IInntt)),,((SSttrriinngg,,IInntt)),,((SSttrriinngg,,BBooooll)),,
> ((SSttrriinngg,,BBooooll)),,((SSttrriinngg,,BBooooll)),,((SSttrriinngg,,BBooooll)),,((SSttrriinngg,,BBooooll)),,((SSttrriinngg,,BBooooll)),,
> ((SSttrriinngg,,BBooooll)),,((SSttrriinngg,,BBooooll)),,((SSttrriinngg,,BBooooll))))]]

What's wrong with a record?

*> data Line = Line { a1 :: String, a2 :: Int, ... }

While you're at it, you might want to give the fields sensible names.


> Anyway when i enter something such as lookup "a1" i get back a load of stuff
> about Eq.....

lookup expects a list of pairs, but you're passing it a tuple.  A list
would have to be homogenous, your tuple isn't, therefore lookup cannot
do what you want.  Just use a record.


Udo.
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