Cap 2 : Starting Out

Cap 2 : Starting Out

1. Basic things

   • operators
     • ( +) ( - ) ( *) ( /)
     • True && False False , True && True True, False || True True,not False
   • functions
     • The succ function takes anything that has a defined successor and returns that successor
       • max returns the one that's greater
       • min returns the one that's lesser

2. first functions

   • functions are defined in a similar way that they are called.
     • The function name is followed by parameters seperated by spaces.
       • We can call your own functions from other functions that you made
       • Functions in Haskell don't have to be in any particular order when you create
         • IF statement
           • in imperative languages is that the else part is mandatory in Haskell
           • n Haskell every expression and function must return something
           • Example to add one to every number that's produced in a function
       • to append a function to the file, you should save it whit the .hs on the final (name.hs) and load de module (: l) in GHCI

3. intro to lists

   • It's the most used data structure and it can be used in a multitude of different ways to model and solve a whole bunch of problems
     • A common task is putting two lists together. This is done by using the ++ operator.
       • Haskell has to walk through the whole list on the left side of ++
     • also we can use"hello" ++ " " ++ "world" = "hello world"
     • putting something at the beginning of a list using the : operator
       • to get an element out of a list by index, use !!. The indices start at 0.
     • [], [[]] and[[],[],[]] are all different things
       • The first one is an empty list, the seconds one is a list that contains one empty list, the third one is a list that contains three empty lists
     • can be use. <, <=, > and >= to compare list
     • basic functions that operate on lists.
       • head takes a list and returns its head
       • tail takes a list and returns its tail
       • last takes a list and returns its last element.
       • init takes a list and returns everything except its last element
       • length takes a list and returns its length
       • null checks if a list is empty.
       • reverse reverses a list.
       • take takes number and a list
       • drop works in a similar way,
       • maximum and minimum
       • um takes a list of numbers and returns their sum.
       • elem takes a thing and a list of things and tells us if that thing is an element of the list

4. Texas ranges

   • Ranges are a way of making lists that are arithmetic sequences of elements that can be enumerated
     • from 1 to 20, you just write [1..20] and the alphabet ['a'..'z']
     • A handful of functions that produce infinite lists:
       • cycle takes a list and cycles it into an infinite list.
       • repeat takes an element and produces an infinite list of just that element.
       • replicate function if you want some number of the same element in a list.

5. a list comprehension

   • A basic comprehension for a set that contains the first ten even natural numbers is set notation.
     • The part before the pipe is called the output function, x is the variable, N is the input set and x <= 10 is the predicate
     • Add a condition (or a predicate) to that comprehension. Predicates go after the binding parts and are separated from them by a comma. we only get the elements which, doubled, are greater than or equal to 12.
     • if we wanted all possible products that are more than 50

6. Tuples

   • they are a way to store several values into a single value.
     • are used when you know exactly how many values you want to combine and its type depends on how many components it has and the types of the components.
       • They are denoted with parentheses and their components are separated by commas.
         • they don't have to be homogenous. Unlike a list, a tuple can contain a combination of several types.
           • so let's use that instead. Instead of surrounding the vectors with square brackets, we use parentheses:
             • Like lists, tuples can be compared with each other if their components can be compared.
               • fst takes a pair and returns its first component.
               • snd toma un par y devuelve su segundo componente
               • zip :It takes two lists and then zips them together into one list by joining the matching elements into pairs
                 • zip [1,2,3,4,5] [5,5,5,5,5] [(1,5), (2,5), (3,5), (4,5), (5,5)]

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