Data.Maybe

The Maybe type, and associated operations.

Documentation

data Maybe a

The Maybe type encapsulates an optional value. A value of type Maybe a either contains a value of type a (represented as Just a), or it is empty (represented as Nothing). Using Maybe is a good way to deal with errors or exceptional cases without resorting to drastic measures such as error.

The Maybe type is also a monad. It is a simple kind of error monad, where all errors are represented by Nothing. A richer error monad can be built using the Either type.

Constructors

Nothing

Just a

Instances

MonadFail Maybe

Since: base-4.9.0.0

Defined in Control.Monad.Fail

Methods

fail :: String -> Maybe a

MonadFix Maybe

Since: base-2.1

Defined in Control.Monad.Fix

Methods

mfix :: (a -> Maybe a) -> Maybe a

MonadZip Maybe

Since: base-4.8.0.0

Defined in Control.Monad.Zip

Methods

mzip :: Maybe a -> Maybe b -> Maybe (a, b)

mzipWith :: (a -> b -> c) -> Maybe a -> Maybe b -> Maybe c

munzip :: Maybe (a, b) -> (Maybe a, Maybe b)

Foldable Maybe

Since: base-2.1

Defined in Data.Foldable

Methods

fold :: Monoid m => Maybe m -> m

foldMap :: Monoid m => (a -> m) -> Maybe a -> m

foldMap' :: Monoid m => (a -> m) -> Maybe a -> m

foldr :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> Maybe a -> b

foldr' :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> Maybe a -> b

foldl :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> Maybe a -> b

foldl' :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> Maybe a -> b

foldr1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> Maybe a -> a

foldl1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> Maybe a -> a

toList :: Maybe a -> [a]

null :: Maybe a -> Bool

length :: Maybe a -> Int

elem :: Eq a => a -> Maybe a -> Bool

maximum :: Ord a => Maybe a -> a

minimum :: Ord a => Maybe a -> a

sum :: Num a => Maybe a -> a

product :: Num a => Maybe a -> a

Eq1 Maybe

Since: base-4.9.0.0

Defined in Data.Functor.Classes

Methods

liftEq :: (a -> b -> Bool) -> Maybe a -> Maybe b -> Bool

Ord1 Maybe

Since: base-4.9.0.0

Defined in Data.Functor.Classes

Methods

liftCompare :: (a -> b -> Ordering) -> Maybe a -> Maybe b -> Ordering

Read1 Maybe

Since: base-4.9.0.0

Defined in Data.Functor.Classes

Methods

liftReadsPrec :: (Int -> ReadS a) -> ReadS [a] -> Int -> ReadS (Maybe a)

liftReadList :: (Int -> ReadS a) -> ReadS [a] -> ReadS [Maybe a]

liftReadPrec :: ReadPrec a -> ReadPrec [a] -> ReadPrec (Maybe a)

liftReadListPrec :: ReadPrec a -> ReadPrec [a] -> ReadPrec [Maybe a]

Show1 Maybe

Since: base-4.9.0.0

Defined in Data.Functor.Classes

Methods

liftShowsPrec :: (Int -> a -> ShowS) -> ([a] -> ShowS) -> Int -> Maybe a -> ShowS

liftShowList :: (Int -> a -> ShowS) -> ([a] -> ShowS) -> [Maybe a] -> ShowS

Traversable Maybe

Since: base-2.1

Defined in Data.Traversable

Methods

traverse :: Applicative f => (a -> f b) -> Maybe a -> f (Maybe b)

sequenceA :: Applicative f => Maybe (f a) -> f (Maybe a)

mapM :: Monad m => (a -> m b) -> Maybe a -> m (Maybe b)

sequence :: Monad m => Maybe (m a) -> m (Maybe a)

Alternative Maybe

Picks the leftmost Just value, or, alternatively, Nothing.

Since: base-2.1

Defined in GHC.Base

Methods

empty :: Maybe a

(<|>) :: Maybe a -> Maybe a -> Maybe a

some :: Maybe a -> Maybe [a]

many :: Maybe a -> Maybe [a]

Applicative Maybe

Since: base-2.1

Defined in GHC.Base

Methods

pure :: a -> Maybe a

(<*>) :: Maybe (a -> b) -> Maybe a -> Maybe b

liftA2 :: (a -> b -> c) -> Maybe a -> Maybe b -> Maybe c

(*>) :: Maybe a -> Maybe b -> Maybe b

(<*) :: Maybe a -> Maybe b -> Maybe a

Functor Maybe

Since: base-2.1

Defined in GHC.Base

Methods

fmap :: (a -> b) -> Maybe a -> Maybe b

(<$) :: a -> Maybe b -> Maybe a

Monad Maybe

Since: base-2.1

Defined in GHC.Base

Methods

(>>=) :: Maybe a -> (a -> Maybe b) -> Maybe b

(>>) :: Maybe a -> Maybe b -> Maybe b

return :: a -> Maybe a

MonadPlus Maybe

Picks the leftmost Just value, or, alternatively, Nothing.

Since: base-2.1

Defined in GHC.Base

Methods

mzero :: Maybe a

mplus :: Maybe a -> Maybe a -> Maybe a

Generic1 Maybe

Defined in GHC.Generics

Associated Types

type Rep1 Maybe

Since: base-4.6.0.0

Defined in GHC.Generics

type Rep1 Maybe = D1 ('MetaData "Maybe" "GHC.Maybe" "base" 'False) (C1 ('MetaCons "Nothing" 'PrefixI 'False) (U1 :: Type -> Type) :+: C1 ('MetaCons "Just" 'PrefixI 'False) (S1 ('MetaSel ('Nothing :: Maybe Symbol) 'NoSourceUnpackedness 'NoSourceStrictness 'DecidedLazy) Par1))

Methods

from1 :: Maybe a -> Rep1 Maybe a

to1 :: Rep1 Maybe a -> Maybe a

Data a => Data (Maybe a)

Since: base-4.0.0.0

Defined in Data.Data

Methods

gfoldl :: (forall d b. Data d => c (d -> b) -> d -> c b) -> (forall g. g -> c g) -> Maybe a -> c (Maybe a)

gunfold :: (forall b r. Data b => c (b -> r) -> c r) -> (forall r. r -> c r) -> Constr -> c (Maybe a)

toConstr :: Maybe a -> Constr

dataTypeOf :: Maybe a -> DataType

dataCast1 :: Typeable t => (forall d. Data d => c (t d)) -> Maybe (c (Maybe a))

dataCast2 :: Typeable t => (forall d e. (Data d, Data e) => c (t d e)) -> Maybe (c (Maybe a))

gmapT :: (forall b. Data b => b -> b) -> Maybe a -> Maybe a

gmapQl :: (r -> r' -> r) -> r -> (forall d. Data d => d -> r') -> Maybe a -> r

gmapQr :: forall r r'. (r' -> r -> r) -> r -> (forall d. Data d => d -> r') -> Maybe a -> r

gmapQ :: (forall d. Data d => d -> u) -> Maybe a -> [u]

gmapQi :: Int -> (forall d. Data d => d -> u) -> Maybe a -> u

gmapM :: Monad m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Maybe a -> m (Maybe a)

gmapMp :: MonadPlus m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Maybe a -> m (Maybe a)

gmapMo :: MonadPlus m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Maybe a -> m (Maybe a)

Semigroup a => Monoid (Maybe a)

Lift a semigroup into Maybe forming a Monoid according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoid: "Any semigroup S may be turned into a monoid simply by adjoining an element e not in S and defining e*e = e and e*s = s = s*e for all s ∈ S."

Since 4.11.0: constraint on inner a value generalised from Monoid to Semigroup.

Since: base-2.1

Defined in GHC.Base

Methods

mempty :: Maybe a

mappend :: Maybe a -> Maybe a -> Maybe a

mconcat :: [Maybe a] -> Maybe a

Semigroup a => Semigroup (Maybe a)

Since: base-4.9.0.0

Defined in GHC.Base

Methods

(<>) :: Maybe a -> Maybe a -> Maybe a

sconcat :: NonEmpty (Maybe a) -> Maybe a

stimes :: Integral b => b -> Maybe a -> Maybe a

Generic (Maybe a)

Defined in GHC.Generics

Associated Types

type Rep (Maybe a)

Since: base-4.6.0.0

Defined in GHC.Generics

type Rep (Maybe a) = D1 ('MetaData "Maybe" "GHC.Maybe" "base" 'False) (C1 ('MetaCons "Nothing" 'PrefixI 'False) (U1 :: Type -> Type) :+: C1 ('MetaCons "Just" 'PrefixI 'False) (S1 ('MetaSel ('Nothing :: Maybe Symbol) 'NoSourceUnpackedness 'NoSourceStrictness 'DecidedLazy) (Rec0 a)))

Methods

from :: Maybe a -> Rep (Maybe a) x

to :: Rep (Maybe a) x -> Maybe a

Read a => Read (Maybe a)

Since: base-2.1

Defined in GHC.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Maybe a)

readList :: ReadS [Maybe a]

readPrec :: ReadPrec (Maybe a)

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Maybe a]

Show a => Show (Maybe a)

Since: base-2.1

Defined in GHC.Show

Methods

showsPrec :: Int -> Maybe a -> ShowS

show :: Maybe a -> String

showList :: [Maybe a] -> ShowS

Eq a => Eq (Maybe a)

Since: base-2.1

Defined in GHC.Maybe

Methods

(==) :: Maybe a -> Maybe a -> Bool

(/=) :: Maybe a -> Maybe a -> Bool

Ord a => Ord (Maybe a)

Since: base-2.1

Defined in GHC.Maybe

Methods

compare :: Maybe a -> Maybe a -> Ordering

(<) :: Maybe a -> Maybe a -> Bool

(<=) :: Maybe a -> Maybe a -> Bool

(>) :: Maybe a -> Maybe a -> Bool

(>=) :: Maybe a -> Maybe a -> Bool

max :: Maybe a -> Maybe a -> Maybe a

min :: Maybe a -> Maybe a -> Maybe a

type Rep1 Maybe

Since: base-4.6.0.0

Defined in GHC.Generics

type Rep1 Maybe = D1 ('MetaData "Maybe" "GHC.Maybe" "base" 'False) (C1 ('MetaCons "Nothing" 'PrefixI 'False) (U1 :: Type -> Type) :+: C1 ('MetaCons "Just" 'PrefixI 'False) (S1 ('MetaSel ('Nothing :: Maybe Symbol) 'NoSourceUnpackedness 'NoSourceStrictness 'DecidedLazy) Par1))

type Rep (Maybe a)

Since: base-4.6.0.0

Defined in GHC.Generics

type Rep (Maybe a) = D1 ('MetaData "Maybe" "GHC.Maybe" "base" 'False) (C1 ('MetaCons "Nothing" 'PrefixI 'False) (U1 :: Type -> Type) :+: C1 ('MetaCons "Just" 'PrefixI 'False) (S1 ('MetaSel ('Nothing :: Maybe Symbol) 'NoSourceUnpackedness 'NoSourceStrictness 'DecidedLazy) (Rec0 a)))

maybe :: b -> (a -> b) -> Maybe a -> b

The maybe function takes a default value, a function, and a Maybe value. If the Maybe value is Nothing, the function returns the default value. Otherwise, it applies the function to the value inside the Just and returns the result.

Examples

Basic usage:

>>> maybe False odd (Just 3)
True

>>> maybe False odd Nothing
False

Read an integer from a string using readMaybe. If we succeed, return twice the integer; that is, apply (*2) to it. If instead we fail to parse an integer, return 0 by default:

>>> import Text.Read ( readMaybe )
>>> maybe 0 (*2) (readMaybe "5")
10
>>> maybe 0 (*2) (readMaybe "")
0

Apply show to a Maybe Int. If we have Just n, we want to show the underlying Int n. But if we have Nothing, we return the empty string instead of (for example) "Nothing":

>>> maybe "" show (Just 5)
"5"
>>> maybe "" show Nothing
""

isJust :: Maybe a -> Bool

The isJust function returns True iff its argument is of the form Just _.

Examples

Basic usage:

>>> isJust (Just 3)
True

>>> isJust (Just ())
True

>>> isJust Nothing
False

Only the outer constructor is taken into consideration:

>>> isJust (Just Nothing)
True

isNothing :: Maybe a -> Bool

The isNothing function returns True iff its argument is Nothing.

Examples

Basic usage:

>>> isNothing (Just 3)
False

>>> isNothing (Just ())
False

>>> isNothing Nothing
True

Only the outer constructor is taken into consideration:

>>> isNothing (Just Nothing)
False

fromJust :: HasCallStack => Maybe a -> a

The fromJust function extracts the element out of a Just and throws an error if its argument is Nothing.

Examples

Basic usage:

>>> fromJust (Just 1)
1

>>> 2 * (fromJust (Just 10))
20

>>> 2 * (fromJust Nothing)
*** Exception: Maybe.fromJust: Nothing
...

WARNING: This function is partial. You can use case-matching instead.

fromMaybe :: a -> Maybe a -> a

The fromMaybe function takes a default value and a Maybe value. If the Maybe is Nothing, it returns the default value; otherwise, it returns the value contained in the Maybe.

Examples

Basic usage:

>>> fromMaybe "" (Just "Hello, World!")
"Hello, World!"

>>> fromMaybe "" Nothing
""

Read an integer from a string using readMaybe. If we fail to parse an integer, we want to return 0 by default:

>>> import Text.Read ( readMaybe )
>>> fromMaybe 0 (readMaybe "5")
5
>>> fromMaybe 0 (readMaybe "")
0

listToMaybe :: [a] -> Maybe a

The listToMaybe function returns Nothing on an empty list or Just a where a is the first element of the list.

Examples

Basic usage:

>>> listToMaybe []
Nothing

>>> listToMaybe [9]
Just 9

>>> listToMaybe [1,2,3]
Just 1

Composing maybeToList with listToMaybe should be the identity on singleton/empty lists:

>>> maybeToList $ listToMaybe [5]
[5]
>>> maybeToList $ listToMaybe []
[]

But not on lists with more than one element:

>>> maybeToList $ listToMaybe [1,2,3]
[1]

maybeToList :: Maybe a -> [a]

The maybeToList function returns an empty list when given Nothing or a singleton list when given Just.

Examples

Basic usage:

>>> maybeToList (Just 7)
[7]

>>> maybeToList Nothing
[]

One can use maybeToList to avoid pattern matching when combined with a function that (safely) works on lists:

>>> import Text.Read ( readMaybe )
>>> sum $ maybeToList (readMaybe "3")
3
>>> sum $ maybeToList (readMaybe "")
0

catMaybes :: [Maybe a] -> [a]

The catMaybes function takes a list of Maybes and returns a list of all the Just values.

Examples

Basic usage:

>>> catMaybes [Just 1, Nothing, Just 3]
[1,3]

When constructing a list of Maybe values, catMaybes can be used to return all of the "success" results (if the list is the result of a map, then mapMaybe would be more appropriate):

>>> import Text.Read ( readMaybe )
>>> [readMaybe x :: Maybe Int | x <- ["1", "Foo", "3"] ]
[Just 1,Nothing,Just 3]
>>> catMaybes $ [readMaybe x :: Maybe Int | x <- ["1", "Foo", "3"] ]
[1,3]

mapMaybe :: (a -> Maybe b) -> [a] -> [b]

The mapMaybe function is a version of map which can throw out elements. In particular, the functional argument returns something of type Maybe b. If this is Nothing, no element is added on to the result list. If it is Just b, then b is included in the result list.

Examples

Using mapMaybe f x is a shortcut for catMaybes $ map f x in most cases:

>>> import Text.Read ( readMaybe )
>>> let readMaybeInt = readMaybe :: String -> Maybe Int
>>> mapMaybe readMaybeInt ["1", "Foo", "3"]
[1,3]
>>> catMaybes $ map readMaybeInt ["1", "Foo", "3"]
[1,3]

If we map the Just constructor, the entire list should be returned:

>>> mapMaybe Just [1,2,3]
[1,2,3]