Haskell Pattern matching in a Function










-5














The two-argument function check returns True exactly when both
Boolean operands have the same value. Otherwise it returns False.
I should implement it using :



check :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool


1)- Conditional expressions(checkA)



checkA x y = if x < y then False else True


-
2)-Guarded equations (checkB).



checkB x y | x < y = False | otherwise =True


3)-Pattern matching (checkc).



,but here I get an error



checkC x y False False = True
True True = True
False True = False
True False = False


How can I use Pattern matching to say (if this and that are equivalent then ...) when x and y are numbers(int)?










share|improve this question























  • Here x and y seem to be Bools, and your condition does not look correct.
    – Willem Van Onsem
    Nov 11 at 17:42










  • As for Ints, one can write Int literals, but since that domain is huge, it would really be a (very) bad idea.
    – Willem Van Onsem
    Nov 11 at 17:43










  • check :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool do you mean this ??
    – Amerov
    Nov 11 at 17:44










  • it's a homework and I have to do it today -_-
    – Amerov
    Nov 11 at 17:47






  • 1




    If x and y are booleans, you can simply enumerate all possible choices and you're done. With ints, you can't do this (because there are infinitely many of them), so pattern-matching is not an option.
    – ForceBru
    Nov 11 at 17:49
















-5














The two-argument function check returns True exactly when both
Boolean operands have the same value. Otherwise it returns False.
I should implement it using :



check :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool


1)- Conditional expressions(checkA)



checkA x y = if x < y then False else True


-
2)-Guarded equations (checkB).



checkB x y | x < y = False | otherwise =True


3)-Pattern matching (checkc).



,but here I get an error



checkC x y False False = True
True True = True
False True = False
True False = False


How can I use Pattern matching to say (if this and that are equivalent then ...) when x and y are numbers(int)?










share|improve this question























  • Here x and y seem to be Bools, and your condition does not look correct.
    – Willem Van Onsem
    Nov 11 at 17:42










  • As for Ints, one can write Int literals, but since that domain is huge, it would really be a (very) bad idea.
    – Willem Van Onsem
    Nov 11 at 17:43










  • check :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool do you mean this ??
    – Amerov
    Nov 11 at 17:44










  • it's a homework and I have to do it today -_-
    – Amerov
    Nov 11 at 17:47






  • 1




    If x and y are booleans, you can simply enumerate all possible choices and you're done. With ints, you can't do this (because there are infinitely many of them), so pattern-matching is not an option.
    – ForceBru
    Nov 11 at 17:49














-5












-5








-5







The two-argument function check returns True exactly when both
Boolean operands have the same value. Otherwise it returns False.
I should implement it using :



check :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool


1)- Conditional expressions(checkA)



checkA x y = if x < y then False else True


-
2)-Guarded equations (checkB).



checkB x y | x < y = False | otherwise =True


3)-Pattern matching (checkc).



,but here I get an error



checkC x y False False = True
True True = True
False True = False
True False = False


How can I use Pattern matching to say (if this and that are equivalent then ...) when x and y are numbers(int)?










share|improve this question















The two-argument function check returns True exactly when both
Boolean operands have the same value. Otherwise it returns False.
I should implement it using :



check :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool


1)- Conditional expressions(checkA)



checkA x y = if x < y then False else True


-
2)-Guarded equations (checkB).



checkB x y | x < y = False | otherwise =True


3)-Pattern matching (checkc).



,but here I get an error



checkC x y False False = True
True True = True
False True = False
True False = False


How can I use Pattern matching to say (if this and that are equivalent then ...) when x and y are numbers(int)?







haskell






share|improve this question















share|improve this question













share|improve this question




share|improve this question








edited Nov 12 at 0:39









amalloy

58.8k5101153




58.8k5101153










asked Nov 11 at 17:40









Amerov

247




247











  • Here x and y seem to be Bools, and your condition does not look correct.
    – Willem Van Onsem
    Nov 11 at 17:42










  • As for Ints, one can write Int literals, but since that domain is huge, it would really be a (very) bad idea.
    – Willem Van Onsem
    Nov 11 at 17:43










  • check :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool do you mean this ??
    – Amerov
    Nov 11 at 17:44










  • it's a homework and I have to do it today -_-
    – Amerov
    Nov 11 at 17:47






  • 1




    If x and y are booleans, you can simply enumerate all possible choices and you're done. With ints, you can't do this (because there are infinitely many of them), so pattern-matching is not an option.
    – ForceBru
    Nov 11 at 17:49

















  • Here x and y seem to be Bools, and your condition does not look correct.
    – Willem Van Onsem
    Nov 11 at 17:42










  • As for Ints, one can write Int literals, but since that domain is huge, it would really be a (very) bad idea.
    – Willem Van Onsem
    Nov 11 at 17:43










  • check :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool do you mean this ??
    – Amerov
    Nov 11 at 17:44










  • it's a homework and I have to do it today -_-
    – Amerov
    Nov 11 at 17:47






  • 1




    If x and y are booleans, you can simply enumerate all possible choices and you're done. With ints, you can't do this (because there are infinitely many of them), so pattern-matching is not an option.
    – ForceBru
    Nov 11 at 17:49
















Here x and y seem to be Bools, and your condition does not look correct.
– Willem Van Onsem
Nov 11 at 17:42




Here x and y seem to be Bools, and your condition does not look correct.
– Willem Van Onsem
Nov 11 at 17:42












As for Ints, one can write Int literals, but since that domain is huge, it would really be a (very) bad idea.
– Willem Van Onsem
Nov 11 at 17:43




As for Ints, one can write Int literals, but since that domain is huge, it would really be a (very) bad idea.
– Willem Van Onsem
Nov 11 at 17:43












check :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool do you mean this ??
– Amerov
Nov 11 at 17:44




check :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool do you mean this ??
– Amerov
Nov 11 at 17:44












it's a homework and I have to do it today -_-
– Amerov
Nov 11 at 17:47




it's a homework and I have to do it today -_-
– Amerov
Nov 11 at 17:47




1




1




If x and y are booleans, you can simply enumerate all possible choices and you're done. With ints, you can't do this (because there are infinitely many of them), so pattern-matching is not an option.
– ForceBru
Nov 11 at 17:49





If x and y are booleans, you can simply enumerate all possible choices and you're done. With ints, you can't do this (because there are infinitely many of them), so pattern-matching is not an option.
– ForceBru
Nov 11 at 17:49













1 Answer
1






active

oldest

votes


















3














You can pattern match against bools because there's a finite (and small) number of combinations. Consider the whole combination space of Bools (which is defined as n^n where n is the size of the space)



False False
False True
True False
True True


It's trivial to enumerate these by hand in check



check :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool
check False False = True
check False True = False
check True False = False
check True True = True


But as you can deduce, Ints are not as trivial, since the space of all integers is literally infinite.



You can pattern match in this way with ints if you have an infinite amount of programming time and hard drive space, because you have an infinite amount of patterns to write.



check :: Int -> Int -> Bool
check 0 0 = True
check 1 1 = True
check (-1) (-1) = True
check 2 2 = True
check (-2) (-2) = True
-- etc literally until infinity
check _ _ = False


The way to write this is to either use guards:



check :: Int -> Int -> Bool
check x y | x == y = True
| otherwise = False


Or realize that there is a pretty standard function that already does this -- maybe you've heard of it? :-)



check :: Int -> Int -> Bool
check = (==)





share|improve this answer






















  • but in your code the definition looks different (check :: Int -> Int -> Bool)and this a homework i can't change it :,( I'm given the definition and I should continue with it
    – Amerov
    Nov 11 at 18:32










  • @Amerov What's it supposed to say? check :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool will only accept booleans (by definition) so the whole crux of your question (comparing integers to integers) is suspect :)
    – Adam Smith
    Nov 11 at 19:22










  • @Amerov Your last example (checkC) is failing for the same reason. You've defined a two-parameter function checkC :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool, then provided a four-parameter function (checkC x y boolA boolB)
    – Adam Smith
    Nov 11 at 19:24











Your Answer






StackExchange.ifUsing("editor", function ()
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function ()
StackExchange.using("snippets", function ()
StackExchange.snippets.init();
);
);
, "code-snippets");

StackExchange.ready(function()
var channelOptions =
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "1"
;
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
createEditor();
);

else
createEditor();

);

function createEditor()
StackExchange.prepareEditor(
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: true,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: 10,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader:
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
,
onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
);



);













draft saved

draft discarded


















StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fstackoverflow.com%2fquestions%2f53251440%2fhaskell-pattern-matching-in-a-function%23new-answer', 'question_page');

);

Post as a guest















Required, but never shown

























1 Answer
1






active

oldest

votes








1 Answer
1






active

oldest

votes









active

oldest

votes






active

oldest

votes









3














You can pattern match against bools because there's a finite (and small) number of combinations. Consider the whole combination space of Bools (which is defined as n^n where n is the size of the space)



False False
False True
True False
True True


It's trivial to enumerate these by hand in check



check :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool
check False False = True
check False True = False
check True False = False
check True True = True


But as you can deduce, Ints are not as trivial, since the space of all integers is literally infinite.



You can pattern match in this way with ints if you have an infinite amount of programming time and hard drive space, because you have an infinite amount of patterns to write.



check :: Int -> Int -> Bool
check 0 0 = True
check 1 1 = True
check (-1) (-1) = True
check 2 2 = True
check (-2) (-2) = True
-- etc literally until infinity
check _ _ = False


The way to write this is to either use guards:



check :: Int -> Int -> Bool
check x y | x == y = True
| otherwise = False


Or realize that there is a pretty standard function that already does this -- maybe you've heard of it? :-)



check :: Int -> Int -> Bool
check = (==)





share|improve this answer






















  • but in your code the definition looks different (check :: Int -> Int -> Bool)and this a homework i can't change it :,( I'm given the definition and I should continue with it
    – Amerov
    Nov 11 at 18:32










  • @Amerov What's it supposed to say? check :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool will only accept booleans (by definition) so the whole crux of your question (comparing integers to integers) is suspect :)
    – Adam Smith
    Nov 11 at 19:22










  • @Amerov Your last example (checkC) is failing for the same reason. You've defined a two-parameter function checkC :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool, then provided a four-parameter function (checkC x y boolA boolB)
    – Adam Smith
    Nov 11 at 19:24
















3














You can pattern match against bools because there's a finite (and small) number of combinations. Consider the whole combination space of Bools (which is defined as n^n where n is the size of the space)



False False
False True
True False
True True


It's trivial to enumerate these by hand in check



check :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool
check False False = True
check False True = False
check True False = False
check True True = True


But as you can deduce, Ints are not as trivial, since the space of all integers is literally infinite.



You can pattern match in this way with ints if you have an infinite amount of programming time and hard drive space, because you have an infinite amount of patterns to write.



check :: Int -> Int -> Bool
check 0 0 = True
check 1 1 = True
check (-1) (-1) = True
check 2 2 = True
check (-2) (-2) = True
-- etc literally until infinity
check _ _ = False


The way to write this is to either use guards:



check :: Int -> Int -> Bool
check x y | x == y = True
| otherwise = False


Or realize that there is a pretty standard function that already does this -- maybe you've heard of it? :-)



check :: Int -> Int -> Bool
check = (==)





share|improve this answer






















  • but in your code the definition looks different (check :: Int -> Int -> Bool)and this a homework i can't change it :,( I'm given the definition and I should continue with it
    – Amerov
    Nov 11 at 18:32










  • @Amerov What's it supposed to say? check :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool will only accept booleans (by definition) so the whole crux of your question (comparing integers to integers) is suspect :)
    – Adam Smith
    Nov 11 at 19:22










  • @Amerov Your last example (checkC) is failing for the same reason. You've defined a two-parameter function checkC :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool, then provided a four-parameter function (checkC x y boolA boolB)
    – Adam Smith
    Nov 11 at 19:24














3












3








3






You can pattern match against bools because there's a finite (and small) number of combinations. Consider the whole combination space of Bools (which is defined as n^n where n is the size of the space)



False False
False True
True False
True True


It's trivial to enumerate these by hand in check



check :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool
check False False = True
check False True = False
check True False = False
check True True = True


But as you can deduce, Ints are not as trivial, since the space of all integers is literally infinite.



You can pattern match in this way with ints if you have an infinite amount of programming time and hard drive space, because you have an infinite amount of patterns to write.



check :: Int -> Int -> Bool
check 0 0 = True
check 1 1 = True
check (-1) (-1) = True
check 2 2 = True
check (-2) (-2) = True
-- etc literally until infinity
check _ _ = False


The way to write this is to either use guards:



check :: Int -> Int -> Bool
check x y | x == y = True
| otherwise = False


Or realize that there is a pretty standard function that already does this -- maybe you've heard of it? :-)



check :: Int -> Int -> Bool
check = (==)





share|improve this answer














You can pattern match against bools because there's a finite (and small) number of combinations. Consider the whole combination space of Bools (which is defined as n^n where n is the size of the space)



False False
False True
True False
True True


It's trivial to enumerate these by hand in check



check :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool
check False False = True
check False True = False
check True False = False
check True True = True


But as you can deduce, Ints are not as trivial, since the space of all integers is literally infinite.



You can pattern match in this way with ints if you have an infinite amount of programming time and hard drive space, because you have an infinite amount of patterns to write.



check :: Int -> Int -> Bool
check 0 0 = True
check 1 1 = True
check (-1) (-1) = True
check 2 2 = True
check (-2) (-2) = True
-- etc literally until infinity
check _ _ = False


The way to write this is to either use guards:



check :: Int -> Int -> Bool
check x y | x == y = True
| otherwise = False


Or realize that there is a pretty standard function that already does this -- maybe you've heard of it? :-)



check :: Int -> Int -> Bool
check = (==)






share|improve this answer














share|improve this answer



share|improve this answer








edited Nov 11 at 19:28

























answered Nov 11 at 18:24









Adam Smith

33.2k53174




33.2k53174











  • but in your code the definition looks different (check :: Int -> Int -> Bool)and this a homework i can't change it :,( I'm given the definition and I should continue with it
    – Amerov
    Nov 11 at 18:32










  • @Amerov What's it supposed to say? check :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool will only accept booleans (by definition) so the whole crux of your question (comparing integers to integers) is suspect :)
    – Adam Smith
    Nov 11 at 19:22










  • @Amerov Your last example (checkC) is failing for the same reason. You've defined a two-parameter function checkC :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool, then provided a four-parameter function (checkC x y boolA boolB)
    – Adam Smith
    Nov 11 at 19:24

















  • but in your code the definition looks different (check :: Int -> Int -> Bool)and this a homework i can't change it :,( I'm given the definition and I should continue with it
    – Amerov
    Nov 11 at 18:32










  • @Amerov What's it supposed to say? check :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool will only accept booleans (by definition) so the whole crux of your question (comparing integers to integers) is suspect :)
    – Adam Smith
    Nov 11 at 19:22










  • @Amerov Your last example (checkC) is failing for the same reason. You've defined a two-parameter function checkC :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool, then provided a four-parameter function (checkC x y boolA boolB)
    – Adam Smith
    Nov 11 at 19:24
















but in your code the definition looks different (check :: Int -> Int -> Bool)and this a homework i can't change it :,( I'm given the definition and I should continue with it
– Amerov
Nov 11 at 18:32




but in your code the definition looks different (check :: Int -> Int -> Bool)and this a homework i can't change it :,( I'm given the definition and I should continue with it
– Amerov
Nov 11 at 18:32












@Amerov What's it supposed to say? check :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool will only accept booleans (by definition) so the whole crux of your question (comparing integers to integers) is suspect :)
– Adam Smith
Nov 11 at 19:22




@Amerov What's it supposed to say? check :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool will only accept booleans (by definition) so the whole crux of your question (comparing integers to integers) is suspect :)
– Adam Smith
Nov 11 at 19:22












@Amerov Your last example (checkC) is failing for the same reason. You've defined a two-parameter function checkC :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool, then provided a four-parameter function (checkC x y boolA boolB)
– Adam Smith
Nov 11 at 19:24





@Amerov Your last example (checkC) is failing for the same reason. You've defined a two-parameter function checkC :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool, then provided a four-parameter function (checkC x y boolA boolB)
– Adam Smith
Nov 11 at 19:24


















draft saved

draft discarded
















































Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow!


  • Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!

But avoid


  • Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.

  • Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.

To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.





Some of your past answers have not been well-received, and you're in danger of being blocked from answering.


Please pay close attention to the following guidance:


  • Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!

But avoid


  • Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.

  • Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.

To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.




draft saved


draft discarded














StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fstackoverflow.com%2fquestions%2f53251440%2fhaskell-pattern-matching-in-a-function%23new-answer', 'question_page');

);

Post as a guest















Required, but never shown





















































Required, but never shown














Required, but never shown












Required, but never shown







Required, but never shown

































Required, but never shown














Required, but never shown












Required, but never shown







Required, but never shown







Popular posts from this blog

How to how show current date and time by default on contact form 7 in WordPress without taking input from user in datetimepicker

Syphilis

Darth Vader #20