Re: [Caml-list] what is here the syntax error

[Francois Berenger <francois.berenger@inria.fr>]

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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] what is here the syntax error
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 13:14:54 +0100
From: Francois Berenger <francois.berenger@inria.fr>
To: Roelof Wobben <r.wobben@home.nl>

On 11/05/2014 12:45 PM, Roelof Wobben wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I know this question must be asked on the beginners list but I still did
> not get approved after I left the list.
>
> I try again to learn Ocaml and Im stuck at exercise 1 of the 99 ocaml
> problems.
>
> Here is my solution :
>
> let rec last list =
>     match list with
>       []  -> None
>       [x] -> Some x
>       [_]   -> last [_::t] ;;

Your last line is wrong:
[_]   -> last [_::t] ;;

try to replace it with:
x :: xs -> last xs ;;

> But now I see a syntax error on the [x] part.
>
> Can anyone explain to me what I did wrong ?
>
> Roelof
>
>

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Regards,
Francois.