Re: [Haskell-cafe] First Question

I think you're looking for:

stops x y = x+y

Or use your own definition and change the type to stops:: (Int,Int) -> Int It's generally recommended not to send the parameters of your function as a tuple (like you're doing) but rather "one at a time" like the example I gave above.

Also, types in Haskell have initial capital letters.

stops :: Int->Int->Int

Try reading the tutorial here if you haven't seen it yet; it's geared toward programmers who know other languages but not Haskell: http://www.isi.edu/~hdaume/htut/ or any of the tutorials listed on this page: http://haskell.org/learning.html and this is a great list of FAQs: http://haskell.org/hawiki/HaskellNewbie Enjoy and welcome! Jared. -- http://www.updike.org/~jared/ reverse ")-:"