I'm brand new to F# so I apologize if I'm using the incorrect names for things.
I'm trying to use F# to parse a web page that looks something like this:
<!--This is simplified, in reality there are more divs, anchors etc. -->
<html>
<body>
<div class="pr-single"><a href="http://google.ca">Google</a></div>
<div class="pr-single"><a href="http://apple.com">Apple</a></div>
<div class="pr-single"><a href="http://microsoft.com">Microsoft</a></div>
</body>
</html>
I've declared a type
type PromoterPage = FSharp.Data.HtmlProvider<"http://somewebpage.com">
And now I'm trying to get a list of all the links on the page. My thought process was to:
<a>
tagsMy attempt at this is below:
let GetFirst (page:PromoterPage) =
page.Html.Descendants()
|> Seq.filter(fun n -> n.HasClass("pr-single")) //Find the divs
|> Seq.map(fun n -> n.Descendants()) //Get the descendants
|> Seq.collect(fun n -> n |> Seq.where(fun m -> m.HasName("a")) //Filter and collect the anchors
The problem seems to be that you can't nest Seq
functions or that I'm doing it improperly. I receive the error:
Incomplete values or function definition. If this is an expression, the body of the expression must be indented to the same column as the keyword.
Can I nest Seq
functions the way I'm trying to here? Am I thinking about this in the wrong way?
You're missing the closing parentheses:
|> Seq.collect(fun n -> n |> Seq.where(fun m -> m.HasName("a")))
Can I nest Seq functions the way I'm trying to here?
Yes, it is perfectly fine to nest functions with piping in lambdas. However, I often pull them out into local functions, as it can make the code more readable in the long run.