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Module: Prelude
Function: filter
Type: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [a]
Description: returns a list constructed from members of a list (the second argument) fulfilling a condition given by the first argument
Related:
Keywords: list construction

Example 1

Input: filter (>5) [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]

Output: [6,7,8]

Example 2

Input: filter odd [3,6,7,9,12,14]

Output: [3,7,9]

Example 3

Input: filter (\x -> length x > 4) ["aaaa","bbbbbbbbbbbbb","cc"]

Output: ["bbbbbbbbbbbbb"]