Haskell: Not in scope: data constructor

Question

Started to learn haskell today for school and I run into a problem with function. I don't understand why it's not in the scope..

Heres the code:

ff :: [[Char]] -> [[Char]] -> [Char]
ff A B = [[x !! 0, y !! 1] | x <- A, y <- B, (x !! 1) == (y !! 0)]

And errors:

md31.hs:2:4: Not in scope: data constructor `A'

md31.hs:2:6: Not in scope: data constructor `B'

md31.hs:2:38: Not in scope: data constructor `A'

md31.hs:2:46: Not in scope: data constructor `B'

Thanks in advance :)

As noted in the answers the variable names need to be lowercase. The official documentation related to this is at http://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/intro.html#namespaces — Chris Kuklewicz, Nov 04 '11 at 15:17

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 04 '11 at 14:35

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Function parameters have to start with a lowercase letter in Haskell.

As such, you'd need to make A and B lowercase (a and b) in your function definition.

If the first letter of an identifier is in uppercase, it is assumed to be a data constructor.

answered Nov 04 '11 at 14:35

Sebastian Paaske Tørholm

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score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 04 '11 at 14:35

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In Haskell the capital letters mean that value is data constructor as in:

data Test = A | B

If you need variable use lowercase:

ff a b = [[x !! 0, y !! 1] | x <- a, y <- b, (x !! 1) == (y !! 0)]

answered Nov 04 '11 at 14:35

Maciej Piechotka

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