I havent done much IO at all in haskell, only within the function itself. However I want to get the input from the interface for the function and havent done this before. In my main function, I want to ask the user what they would like to do 'become fan' for example, then with their choice initiate the function and ask for the appropriate input for that function. This is the code below: main :: IO() do putStr "Hi there! what is your name: " fanName = getLine do putStr "1 = Insert film, 2 = Become a Fan, 3 = The number of fans of a film, 4 = Film released in a year: " input = getLine read input :: Int (if input == 1 then main x = insertFilm [] else if input == 2 then main x = becomeFan [] else if input == 3 then main x = numberOfFans []) Say they choose film in a given year function function: filmsInGivenYear :: Int -> [Film] -> [String] filmsInGivenYear filmYear films = [ title | (Film title director year fans) <- films, year == filmYear] I need to ask the user what filmYear they want to insert. But i need to do this from the main function...I chose to do an if statement to choose what function they want, but i dont know where to go from there? any help will be greatly appreciated. thanks apple -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/IO-help-tp23423403p23423403.html Sent from the Haskell - Haskell-Cafe mailing list archive at Nabble.com.