module Person where type Name = String type Age = Integer data Person = Person Name Age deriving Show data PersonInvalid = NameEmpty | AgeTooLow | PersonInvalidUnknown String deriving (Eq, Show) mkPerson :: Name -> Age -> Either PersonInvalid Person mkPerson name age | name /= "" && age > 0 = Right $ Person name age | name == "" = Left NameEmpty | not (age > 0) = Left AgeTooLow | otherwise = Left $ PersonInvalidUnknown $ "Name was: " ++ show name ++ " Age was: " ++ show age showPerson :: Either PersonInvalid Person -> String showPerson (Left NameEmpty) = "Name is empty" showPerson (Left AgeTooLow) = "Age is too low" showPerson (Left (PersonInvalidUnknown e)) = e showPerson (Right p) = "Yay! Successfully got a person: " ++ (show p) gimmePerson :: IO () gimmePerson = do putStr "Enter your name: " name <- getLine putStr "Enter your age: " age <- getLine putStrLn $ showPerson $ mkPerson name (read age)