Backslash should work fine. However, the repl requires you to indent multi-line functions by hand.
I am guessing you forgot to add leading white space on the second line? > On Sep 26, 2016, at 8:04 AM, Duane Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Could it your use of the backslash? This worked for me in elm-repl: > > ```elm > elm-repl > ---- elm-repl 0.17.1 > ----------------------------------------------------------- > :help for help, :exit to exit, more at <https://github.com/elm-lang/elm-repl> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > over9000 powerLevel = if powerLevel > 9000 then "It's over 9000!!!" else > > "meh" > <function> : number -> String > > over9000 80 > "meh" : String > > > ``` > >> On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 5:39 AM, Daniel Lidström <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm trying to follow along with the introductory repl samples. However, it >> is failing for this one: >> >> > over9000 powerLevel = \ >> >> | if powerLevel > 9000 then "It's over 9000!!!" else "meh" >> >> -- SYNTAX PROBLEM -------------------------------------------- >> repl-temp-000.elm >> >> >> >> I ran into something unexpected when parsing your code! >> >> >> >> 3| over9000 powerLevel = >> >> ^ >> >> I am looking for one of the following things: >> >> >> >> end of input >> >> whitespace >> >> >> >> >> [~/programming/Elm]: elm-repl -v >> >> 0.17.1 >> >> >> What am I doing wrong? Thanks! >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Elm Discuss" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Elm Discuss" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Elm Discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
