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Data.Either.Extra

Description

This module extends Data.Either with extra operations, particularly to quickly extract from inside an Either. Some of these operations are partial, and should be used with care in production-quality code.

If you need more Either functions see the either.

Synopsis

module Data.Either
fromLeft :: a -> Either a b -> a
fromRight :: b -> Either a b -> b
fromEither :: Either a a -> a
fromLeft' :: Partial => Either l r -> l
fromRight' :: Partial => Either l r -> r
eitherToMaybe :: Either a b -> Maybe b
maybeToEither :: a -> Maybe b -> Either a b
mapLeft :: (a -> c) -> Either a b -> Either c b
mapRight :: (b -> c) -> Either a b -> Either a c

Documentation

module Data.Either

fromLeft :: a -> Either a b -> a #

Return the contents of a Left-value or a default value otherwise.

Examples

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Basic usage:

>>> fromLeft 1 (Left 3)
3
>>> fromLeft 1 (Right "foo")
1

Since: base-4.10.0.0

fromRight :: b -> Either a b -> b #

Return the contents of a Right-value or a default value otherwise.

Examples

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Basic usage:

>>> fromRight 1 (Right 3)
3
>>> fromRight 1 (Left "foo")
1

Since: base-4.10.0.0

fromEither :: Either a a -> a Source #

Pull the value out of an Either where both alternatives have the same type.

\x -> fromEither (Left x ) == x
\x -> fromEither (Right x) == x

fromLeft' :: Partial => Either l r -> l Source #

The fromLeft' function extracts the element out of a Left and throws an error if its argument is Right. Much like fromJust, using this function in polished code is usually a bad idea.

\x -> fromLeft' (Left  x) == x
\x -> fromLeft' (Right x) == undefined

fromRight' :: Partial => Either l r -> r Source #

The fromRight' function extracts the element out of a Right and throws an error if its argument is Left. Much like fromJust, using this function in polished code is usually a bad idea.

\x -> fromRight' (Right x) == x
\x -> fromRight' (Left  x) == undefined

eitherToMaybe :: Either a b -> Maybe b Source #

Given an Either, convert it to a Maybe, where Left becomes Nothing.

\x -> eitherToMaybe (Left x) == Nothing
\x -> eitherToMaybe (Right x) == Just x

maybeToEither :: a -> Maybe b -> Either a b Source #

Given a Maybe, convert it to an Either, providing a suitable value for the Left should the value be Nothing.

\a b -> maybeToEither a (Just b) == Right b
\a -> maybeToEither a Nothing == Left a

mapLeft :: (a -> c) -> Either a b -> Either c b Source #

The mapLeft function takes a function and applies it to an Either value iff the value takes the form Left _.

mapLeft show (Left 1) == Left "1"
mapLeft show (Right True) == Right True

mapRight :: (b -> c) -> Either a b -> Either a c Source #

The mapRight function takes a function and applies it to an Either value iff the value takes the form Right _.

mapRight show (Left 1) == Left 1
mapRight show (Right True) == Right "True"