[Haskell-cafe] variable definition according to input

[Henning Thielemann]

On Sun, 5 Sep 2010, Maria Merit wrote:

> Hello,
>  
> Is it possible to define variable names according to input data? For instance:
>  
> input = "I k"    => Int k
> input = "I m"    => Int m
> input = "S s"    => String s

No this is not possible. However you can use
  Data.Map String Object
with
  data Object = Int Int | String String
in order to manage a set of variables, that is their names and their 
values.