14 Apr
2015
14 Apr
'15
4:56 p.m.
The Functor instance is defined for `Either a`, so Left is fixed. fmap only maps over Right. You'll find the same behavior for `(,) a`, e.g. `fmap (*2) (1,2) == (1,4)`. On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 9:47 AM, Shishir Srivastava < shishir.srivastava@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Can someone please explain the difference in outputs of the following two expressions -
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ghci> fmap (replicate 3) (Right "blah") Right ["blah","blah","blah"]
ghci> fmap (replicate 3) (Left "foo") Left "foo"
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Why does 'Right' return a list of Strings whereas 'Left' returns just a String.
Thanks, Shishir
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