Single quotes are for characters, double quotes are for strings. So change 'es' to "es".
-- Johannes Laire 2008/5/11 Ivan Amarquaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I'm writing a function dRop to accept words ending in 'es' and drop the last > two characters i.e. 'es'.eg. mangoes -> mongo but i keep on getting this > error: "Improperly terminated character constant" after running this code > which i have left below. Can i get any form of help from anyone in here...? > > > ----------------------------------------- > > dRop :: String -> String > dRop word = if drop (length word - 2) word == 'es' > then take (length word - 2) word > else word > > -------------------------------------------------- > > regards > > > > Amarquaye.Ivan > ________________________________ > Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger Get it now! > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
