Re: [Haskell-cafe] Enum to String, and back?

Hi Michael, michael rice wrote:

Can one as easily establish a reverse relationship, i.e., convert a String type like "Red" back to its corresponding Color type?

So that

"Red" :: [Char] -> Red :: Color

Yes, simply add Read to your list of to be derived type classes. Then you can say:

read "Red" :: Color

HTH, Martijn.