I'm trying to use F#'s List.map function to call a function I've written on every string in the array. Here is the function I've written
(*Takes a string and filters it down to common text characters*)
let filterWord wordToFilter =
Regex.Replace(wordToFilter, "[^a-zA-Z0-9/!\'?.-]", "");
and here is my main method where I call it
(*Main method of the program*)
[<EntryPoint>]
let main argsv =
let input = File.ReadAllText("Alice in Wonderland.txt"); //Reads all the text into a single string
let unfilteredWords = input.Split(' ');
let filteredWords = unfilteredWords |> List.map(fun x -> filterWord(x));
0;
The problem is I am getting a syntax error at my List.map call saying
Error Type mismatch. Expecting a
string [] -> 'a
but given a
'b list -> 'c list
The type 'string []' does not match the type ''a list'
Changing input.split to a hard coded string array fixes the error so it has something to do with F# not realizing the result of input.split can be used with the map function as it's a string array. I just don't know how to change the code so it accomplishes what I want to accomplish. I'm relatively new to F# so any help I can get would be greatly appreciated!