Am Freitag, 13. Oktober 2006 02:22 schrieb Edward Ing: > Hi, > I am new to Haskell, so the following problem is probably easy for you to > spot but difficult for me. Any pointers would be appreciated. > In GHCI on a load I am getting the following message: > > SSnowflake.hs:41:45: > No instance for (Floating Int) > arising from use of `pi' at Snowflake.hs:41:45-46 > Probable fix: add an instance declaration for (Floating Int) > In the first argument of `(/)', namely `pi' > In the first argument of `tan', namely `(pi / 3)' > In the second argument of `(*)', namely `(tan (pi / 3))' > Failed, modules loaded: none. > > > When I put the expression "tan ( pi / 3)" at the GHCI interpreter prompt I > get a value, but this is not accepted on a load the code. > > Here is the code: > >>>> code > > triangle :: Window -> (Point,Point) -> Int -> IO () > triangle window ((x1,y1), (x2,y2)) size = > let height = fromIntegral(y2 - y1) * 3 / 2 > halfWidth = height * (tan (pi / 3 )) in > drawInWindow window (withColor (sizeColorMap size) > (polygon [(x1,y1),( x1 - halfWidth, height ), (x1 + > halfWidth, height)] > )) > The co-ordinates must have type Int, I believe, tan has type Floating a => a -> a. However, Int is not an instance of the Floating class. What you ought to do is convert height and halfWidth to Int via round, floor or ceiling. Then it should work.
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