I guess the short answer is that it is not possible. 'x' is immutable and if you want a different value than 'x' that expression has to be given a different name like: let x=1 y=x+2 ...
But I'm not sure if that helps you. Haskell does things very differently than the imperative languages and forces you to think differently about how to solve problems. When I started learning haskell I found that I had to think more about composing/decomposing expressions and less about sequencing actions and side effects like you do in most of the more popular languages (I really have come to prefer the Haskell way). I think we may be able to give a more helpful answer if give a more high level algorithm/use case... why do you want to change the value of x -Keith On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 1:41 PM, ptrash<ptr...@web.de> wrote: > > Hi, how can I change the value of a variable. > > let x = 1 > x = x + 2 > > First I set the value of x to 1. Then I want to increase it by 2. This way > doesn't work, because I think it is a infinite expression. > > Is there a way to change the value? > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Change-value-of-a-variable-tp23913404p23913404.html > Sent from the Haskell - Haskell-Cafe mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > -- keithsheppard.name _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe