Yes. An approach that I have always used that has worked well for me is to keep a list of "tricks" while I am studying. Whenever I get stuck on a practice problem but eventually figure it out (either by simply thinking harder, looking it up, or asking someone for help), I try to identify the missing link that had prevented me from seeing how to do it immediately, and then write it down on my "tricks" list so that I know that I need to keep that trick in mind while I am taking the test.
Cheers, Greg On Jan 14, 2010, at 8:53 AM, Ian675 wrote: > > thankyou.. that made more sense to me :) > > What im doing now is.. > Im still working through the "Craft of Functional Programming" book but I've > found a site that has solutions to some of the excercise questions. So i'm > noting them down and trying to make sense of them > > Is that a good approach? > > > Henk-Jan van Tuyl wrote: >> >> On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:38:26 +0100, Ian675 <adam_khan_...@hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Pretty much yeah.. Im going through the book and things like : >>> >>> Define a function rangeProduct which when given natural numbers m and n, >>> returns the product m*(m+1)*....*(n-1)*n >>> >>> I got the solution from my lecture notes but I still dont understand it.. >>> >>> rangeProduct :: Int -> Int -> Int >>> rangeProduct m n >>> | m > n = 0 >>> | m == n = m >>> | otherwise = m * rangeProduct (m+1) n >>> >> >> I'll try to give a clear explanation of this function: >> >>> rangeProduct :: Int -> Int -> Int >>> rangeProduct m n >> A function is defined with parameters m and n, both Int; the result of the >> function is also an Int >> >>> | m > n = 0 >> If m > n, the result is 0; the rest of the function definition will be >> skipped >> >>> | m == n = m >> If m is not larger then n, evalution continues here; if m == n, the result >> of the function is m >> >> >>> | otherwise = m * rangeProduct (m+1) n >> If previous predicates were False, this branch is evaluated ("otherwise" >> is always True); the function calls itself with (m+1) as first parameter >> >> The boolean expressions in this function are called "guards"; the right >> hand side after the first guard that evaluates to True, will give the >> result of the function. >> >> Regards, >> Henk-Jan van Tuyl >> >> >> -- >> http://Van.Tuyl.eu/ >> http://members.chello.nl/hjgtuyl/tourdemonad.html >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >> >> > > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/General-Advice-Needed-..-tp27161410p27164433.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 _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe