class Foldable t where Source

Data structures that can be folded.

For example, given a data type

data Tree a = Empty | Leaf a | Node (Tree a) a (Tree a)

a suitable instance would be

instance Foldable Tree where
   foldMap f Empty = mempty
   foldMap f (Leaf x) = f x
   foldMap f (Node l k r) = foldMap f l `mappend` f k `mappend` foldMap f r

This is suitable even for abstract types, as the monoid is assumed to satisfy the monoid laws. Alternatively, one could define foldr:

instance Foldable Tree where
   foldr f z Empty = z
   foldr f z (Leaf x) = f x z
   foldr f z (Node l k r) = foldr f (f k (foldr f z r)) l

Foldable instances are expected to satisfy the following laws:

foldr f z t = appEndo (foldMap (Endo . f) t ) z

foldl f z t = appEndo (getDual (foldMap (Dual . Endo . flip f) t)) z

fold = foldMap id

sum, product, maximum, and minimum should all be essentially equivalent to foldMap forms, such as

sum = getSum . foldMap Sum

but may be less defined.

If the type is also a Functor instance, it should satisfy

foldMap f = fold . fmap f

which implies that

foldMap f . fmap g = foldMap (f . g)

foldr f z [x1, x2, ..., xn] == x1 `f` (x2 `f` ... (xn `f` z)...)

foldr f z = foldr f z . toList

foldl f z [x1, x2, ..., xn] == (...((z `f` x1) `f` x2) `f`...) `f` xn

foldl f z = foldl f z . toList

foldl f z = foldl' f z . toList

foldr1 f = foldr1 f . toList

foldl1 f = foldl1 f . toList

Special biased folds

foldrM :: (Foldable t, Monad m) => (a -> b -> m b) -> b -> t a -> m b Source

Monadic fold over the elements of a structure, associating to the right, i.e. from right to left.

foldlM :: (Foldable t, Monad m) => (b -> a -> m b) -> b -> t a -> m b Source

Monadic fold over the elements of a structure, associating to the left, i.e. from left to right.

Folding actions

Applicative actions

traverse_ :: (Foldable t, Applicative f) => (a -> f b) -> t a -> f () Source

Map each element of a structure to an action, evaluate these actions from left to right, and ignore the results. For a version that doesn't ignore the results see traverse.

for_ :: (Foldable t, Applicative f) => t a -> (a -> f b) -> f () Source

for_ is traverse_ with its arguments flipped. For a version that doesn't ignore the results see for.

>>> for_ [1..4] print
1
2
3
4

sequenceA_ :: (Foldable t, Applicative f) => t (f a) -> f () Source

Evaluate each action in the structure from left to right, and ignore the results. For a version that doesn't ignore the results see sequenceA.

asum :: (Foldable t, Alternative f) => t (f a) -> f a Source

The sum of a collection of actions, generalizing concat.

Monadic actions

mapM_ :: (Foldable t, Monad m) => (a -> m b) -> t a -> m () Source

Map each element of a structure to a monadic action, evaluate these actions from left to right, and ignore the results. For a version that doesn't ignore the results see mapM.

As of base 4.8.0.0, mapM_ is just traverse_, specialized to Monad.

forM_ :: (Foldable t, Monad m) => t a -> (a -> m b) -> m () Source

forM_ is mapM_ with its arguments flipped. For a version that doesn't ignore the results see forM.

As of base 4.8.0.0, forM_ is just for_, specialized to Monad.

sequence_ :: (Foldable t, Monad m) => t (m a) -> m () Source

Evaluate each monadic action in the structure from left to right, and ignore the results. For a version that doesn't ignore the results see sequence.

As of base 4.8.0.0, sequence_ is just sequenceA_, specialized to Monad.

msum :: (Foldable t, MonadPlus m) => t (m a) -> m a Source

The sum of a collection of actions, generalizing concat. As of base 4.8.0.0, msum is just asum, specialized to MonadPlus.

Specialized folds

concat :: Foldable t => t [a] -> [a] Source

The concatenation of all the elements of a container of lists.

concatMap :: Foldable t => (a -> [b]) -> t a -> [b] Source

Map a function over all the elements of a container and concatenate the resulting lists.

and :: Foldable t => t Bool -> Bool Source

and returns the conjunction of a container of Bools. For the result to be True, the container must be finite; False, however, results from a False value finitely far from the left end.

or :: Foldable t => t Bool -> Bool Source

or returns the disjunction of a container of Bools. For the result to be False, the container must be finite; True, however, results from a True value finitely far from the left end.

any :: Foldable t => (a -> Bool) -> t a -> Bool Source

Determines whether any element of the structure satisfies the predicate.

all :: Foldable t => (a -> Bool) -> t a -> Bool Source

Determines whether all elements of the structure satisfy the predicate.

maximumBy :: Foldable t => (a -> a -> Ordering) -> t a -> a Source

The largest element of a non-empty structure with respect to the given comparison function.

minimumBy :: Foldable t => (a -> a -> Ordering) -> t a -> a Source

The least element of a non-empty structure with respect to the given comparison function.

Searches

notElem :: (Foldable t, Eq a) => a -> t a -> Bool infix 4 Source

notElem is the negation of elem.

find :: Foldable t => (a -> Bool) -> t a -> Maybe a Source

The find function takes a predicate and a structure and returns the leftmost element of the structure matching the predicate, or Nothing if there is no such element.