[Haskell-cafe] Assignment, Substitution or what?

Andrew Coppin andrewcoppin at btinternet.com
Mon Oct 1 15:01:17 EDT 2007


PR Stanley wrote:
> Hi
> f x = x + x
> Is the "x" use to create a pattern in the definition and when f is 
> called it's replaced by a value?

Basically, uh, yeah.

If you say "f 5", this is basically equivilent to "5 + 5" by the above 
definition.

(I'm sure a huge number of others will chime in on this one too...)



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