base-compat-0.9.1: A compatibility layer for base

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LanguageHaskell98

Data.String.Compat

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type String = [Char]

A String is a list of characters. String constants in Haskell are values of type String.

lines :: String -> [String]

lines breaks a string up into a list of strings at newline characters. The resulting strings do not contain newlines.

words :: String -> [String]

words breaks a string up into a list of words, which were delimited by white space.

unlines :: [String] -> String

unlines is an inverse operation to lines. It joins lines, after appending a terminating newline to each.

unwords :: [String] -> String

unwords is an inverse operation to words. It joins words with separating spaces.