Hello all, I'm trying to write a function that takes a list and a element (same type) and returns the index of the first instance of the element in the list. like: getindex "brett" 'e' would return 2, etc. i'm trying to accomplish this using an accumulator, here's what i've got: pyindex :: Eq a => a -> [a] -> Maybe Int pyindex c l = pyindex' 0 chr (x:xs) where pyindex' count chr (x:xs) = do if x == chr then return count else pyindex' (count + 1) chr xs now, i know i've got a syntax problem, because i'm pretty sure my logic is correct (or at least MOSTLY correct). can anybody see what's wrong with my stuff? thanks! -- Brett Kelly bkelly@sourcereview.net This message has been digitally autographed using GnuPG. Vim - this ain't your daddy's text editor http://www.vim.org