Error: Improperly terminated character constant
I'm writing a function dRop to accept words ending in 'es' and drop the last two characters i.e. 'es'.eg. mangoes -> mongo but i keep on getting this error: "Improperly terminated character constant" after running this code which i have left below. Can i get any form of help from anyone in here...? ----------------------------------------- dRop :: String -> String dRop word = if drop (length word - 2) word == 'es' then take (length word - 2) word else word -------------------------------------------------- regards Amarquaye.Ivan _________________________________________________________________ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=wlmailtagline
Single quotes are for characters, double quotes are for strings. So
change 'es' to "es".
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Johannes Laire
2008/5/11 Ivan Amarquaye
I'm writing a function dRop to accept words ending in 'es' and drop the last two characters i.e. 'es'.eg. mangoes -> mongo but i keep on getting this error: "Improperly terminated character constant" after running this code which i have left below. Can i get any form of help from anyone in here...?
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dRop :: String -> String dRop word = if drop (length word - 2) word == 'es' then take (length word - 2) word else word
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regards
Amarquaye.Ivan ________________________________ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger Get it now! _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
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