I guess the short answer is that it is not possible. 'x' is immutable and if you want a different value than 'x' that expression has to be given a different name like: let x=1 y=x+2 ... But I'm not sure if that helps you. Haskell does things very differently than the imperative languages and forces you to think differently about how to solve problems. When I started learning haskell I found that I had to think more about composing/decomposing expressions and less about sequencing actions and side effects like you do in most of the more popular languages (I really have come to prefer the Haskell way). I think we may be able to give a more helpful answer if give a more high level algorithm/use case... why do you want to change the value of x -Keith On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 1:41 PM, ptrash<ptrash@web.de> wrote:
Hi, how can I change the value of a variable.
let x = 1 x = x + 2
First I set the value of x to 1. Then I want to increase it by 2. This way doesn't work, because I think it is a infinite expression.
Is there a way to change the value?
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