Dec 27, 2021
Day 4: Haskell
TLDR : Failing Spectacularly
Following this video. Will probably go on hackerrank and codechef later and solve a few questions there too.
One more thing. Just like python, Haskell will throw a hissy fit if indentation isn’t right, so careful with that.
- Create a function elem that returns True if an element is in a list and False if it isn’t.
My solution
el xs a
| xs == [] = False
| otherwise = if (head xs) == a then True else el (tail xs) aThe solution given
elem _ [] = False
elem e (x:xs) = (e == x) || (elem e xs)Comments : I’m writing it like I’m writing a function in python, base case and other recursive. Forgot completely about pattern matching. Probably have to get used to it.
2. Create a function that removes duplicates from a list.
My solution
-- Problem 2
nub1 xs
| xs == [] = []
| otherwise = if elem (head xs) (tail xs) then nub1 tail xs else ......Tried something like this too
nub1 xs = [head xs | x <- xs , el1 (head xs) (tail xs)]
If you’re wondering what the “….” means, it means that I looked at the solution because I had no idea what to do. I knew I had to recursively look at the list, I just didn’t know how to proceed to do it. Giving the solution below.
nub2 [] = []nub2 (x:xs)
| elem x xs = nub2 xs
| otherwise = x:(nub2 xs)
I forgot the frustrations of learning the small stuff. I also assumed that (x:xs) wasn’t a list (the function definitions were given beforehand, and I assumed it was 2 lists), so I tried to avoid it. Turns out it is. That too is something to keep in mind.
3. Create a function isAsc if the function given to it is in ascending order.
My Solution (didn’t work)
-- Problem 3isAsc [] = True
isAsc (x:xs)
| x >= (head xs) = isAsc xs
| x < (head xs) = False
The actual solution
isAsc [] = True
isAsc [x] = True
isAsc (x:y:xs) = (x <= y) && isAsc (y:xs)I’m starting to like these solutions, if only because of how intuitive they are. Sadly, I need to practice this stuff.
