David Morse wrote:
So you could really hammer it with blunt force:
case x of 0 -> "zero" n | n `elem` [1,3,5,7] -> "odd" | n `elem` [2, 4, 6, 8] -> "even" | otherwise -> "bad number"
Ah, that's was what I was after. Thanks.
By the way, zero is even. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_is_even
I did warn people this was a naive example. Did I really need to make people aware this it was a *silly, completely contrived and possibly incorrect* example ;-). Cheers, Erik -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Erik de Castro Lopo ----------------------------------------------------------------- "Therapists typically base the nuttiness of a patient on the strength of their convictions, on which basis this 43,000 word opus alone stands as a kind of testament to Bill's (Gates) madness." - The Register