Re: Pattern Matching syntax

1998-09-11 Thread Sigbjorn Finne
Hi, using list comprehensions for the kind filter&map operation you're wanting to express, seems like a good option. border p = check "no border in page" [ x | (Border x) <- p] margin p = check "no margin in page" [ x | (Margin x) <- p] check :: String -> [a] -> a check err_msg []=

Pattern Matching syntax

1998-09-11 Thread S. Alexander Jacobson
I am building a description of page state using a list of pageStyles > data PageStyle=Orientation Orient > | Margin BoxData > | Border BoxData > | CurrentYPos Float > | CurrentXPos Float To extract particular items from the