"Michael Ruth"
start:: IO() start = do { putStr "Enter a filename: "; theFile <- getLine; myfile <- openFile theFile ReadMode; myList <- getInput myfile; myDates <- stripSpaces myList; myDates <- qSort myDates; myList <- formatOutput myDates; writeFile "output.txt" (getOutput (myList)); }
You might want to look up the function "readFile" in the Prelude. I must admit that while I've been using Haskell for odd bits and ends for a while now, I've not yet used a file handle -- still a lot of posted code seems to use them. Is this a creeping C-ism, or are handles genuinely useful, even if you simply are reading the content of a file to process it (i.e. typical Unix shell util usage)? -kzm -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants