From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from discorde.inria.fr (discorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.38]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6565EBC69 for ; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:09:37 +0100 (CET) Received: from ptb-relay02.plus.net (ptb-relay02.plus.net [212.159.14.213]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l1P19ajf007694 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:09:37 +0100 Received: from [80.229.56.224] (helo=beast.local) by ptb-relay02.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1HL7tO-0001t7-GK for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:09:34 +0000 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] beginners list Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:03:18 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <45E08753.40600@in.tum.de> In-Reply-To: <45E08753.40600@in.tum.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200702250103.18865.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 45E0E1D0.002 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; scanf:01 sscanf:01 scanf:01 sscanf:01 compiler:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 frog:98 beginners:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 recurse:03 let:03 depends:04 superfluous:04 On Saturday 24 February 2007 18:43, christian konrad wrote: > (Scanf.sscanf line "%d\t%d\t%d\t%d" createErgebnis) :: > (readErgebnisse fh (number-1)); I think you've made exactly the same mistake here. Also, the outer brackets are superfluous. You probably want: let line = Scanf.sscanf line "%d\t%d\t%d\t%d" createErgebnis in line :: readErgebnisse fh (number-1) but it depends whether you wanted to recurse first or read a line first (I can't tell from your code and neither can the compiler). -- Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. OCaml for Scientists http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists