Converting IO Int --> Int

Tim Stitt writes: | Can anyone tell me how to convert a value of type IO Int to a value of type | Int. | | I wrote a simple script to read an integer from the user using IO and then | the value is returned from the IO function using | | return value | | with a return type of IO Int. | | In the calling function I wish to do a comparison with the user value and a | hard-coded integer. Unfortunately I keep getting type errors between the Int | and the IO Int. | | I would be grateful for any assistance in this. Here's a link to an explanation of what's going on there. http://haskell.org/hawiki/ThatAnnoyingIoType