read expects strings to be quoted: Prelude> read "\"1234\"" :: String "1234"
On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 19:57, michael rice <nowg...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Prelude> read "1234" :: Int > 1234 > Prelude> read "1234" :: String > "*** Exception: Prelude.read: no parse > > Why? > > Michael > > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > > -- Scott Lawrence
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