[Haskell-cafe] Re: Occurs check error, help!

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boblettoj <boblettoj99 at msn.com> writes:

> newStdGen results in IO Ints whereas i need normal Ints and it seems theres
> no easy way to convert them without a lot more knowledge of haskell. I have
> tried using a where clause instead of using do but this is giving me the
> occurs check error again!
> 
> --function used to shuffle cards 
> --list equals random member of array plus the rest of the array
> --i is randomly generated from range of length equal to that of cards.
> shuffle :: Int -> [a] -> [a]
> shuffle i [] = []
> shuffle i cards = [(cards!!i) : shuffle (fst pair) (delete (cards!!i) cards)]
                    ^                                                         ^

You are trying to do a one element list of list of card. so, the
result of this line should be a [[b]] = [a] => a = [b]. Inside this
list, we cons (cards !! i (type b) with shuffle (type [a] = [[b]]).

problem : we try to conssomething of type b with something of type [a]
= [[b]], but

ghci> :t (:)
(:) :: a -> [a] -> [a]

so b should be [b]. And so on.

Just remove the brackets.

> 	where pair = randomR (0, 51) (mkStdGen 42)

It makes me remember jokes :
 - http://xkcd.com/221/
 - http://www.random.org/analysis/dilbert.jpg

> and the error:
> cards.hs:30:0:
>     Occurs check: cannot construct the infinite type: a = [a]
>     When generalising the type(s) for `shuffle'
> Failed, modules loaded: none.
> 
> hmmm...

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