// This is a comment for a sample hello world program.
printfn "Hello World!"
/// This is a documentation comment for a type definition.
type Person(name : string, age : int) =
member x.Name = name
member x.Age = age
/// class instantiation
let mrSmith = Person("Smith", 42)
/// Using pattern matching expression
let rec factorial n =
match n with
| 0 -> 1
| _ -> n * factorial (n - 1)
/// For a single-argument functions there is syntactic sugar (pattern matching function):
let rec factorial = function
| 0 -> 1
| n -> n * factorial (n - 1)
/// Using fold and range operator
let factorial n = [1..n] |> Seq.fold (*) 1
/// Iteration using a 'for' loop
let printList lst =
for x in lst do
printfn "%d" x
/// Iteration using a higher-order function
let printList2 lst =
List.iter (printfn "%d") lst
/// Iteration using a recursive function and pattern matching
let rec printList3 lst =
match lst with
| [] -> ()
| h :: t ->
printfn "%d" h
printList3 t
/// Fibonacci Number formula
let fib n =
let rec g n f0 f1 =
match n with
| 0 -> f0
| 1 -> f1
| _ -> g (n - 1) f1 (f0 + f1)
g n 0 1
/// Another approach - a lazy infinite sequence of Fibonacci numbers
let fibSeq = Seq.unfold (fun (a,b) -> Some(a+b, (b, a+b))) (0,1)
// Print even fibs
[1 .. 10]
|> List.map fib
|> List.filter (fun n -> (n % 2) = 0)
|> printList
// Same thing, using a list expression
[ for i in 1..10 do
let r = fib i
if r % 2 = 0 then yield r ]
|> printList
// Open the Windows Forms library
open System.Windows.Forms
// Create a window and set a few properties
let form = new Form(Visible=true, TopMost=true, Text="Welcome to F#")
// Create a label to show some text in the form
let label =
let x = 3 + (4 * 5)
new Label(Text = sprintf "x = %d" x)
// Add the label to the form
form.Controls.Add(label)
// Finally, run the form
[<System.STAThread>]
Application.Run(form)
/// A simple prime number detector
let isPrime (n:int) =
let bound = int (sqrt (float n))
seq {2 .. bound} |> Seq.forall (fun x -> n % x <> 0)
// We are using async workflows
let primeAsync n =
async { return (n, isPrime n) }
/// Return primes between m and n using multiple threads
let primes m n =
seq {m .. n}
|> Seq.map primeAsync
|> Async.Parallel
|> Async.RunSynchronously
|> Array.filter snd
|> Array.map fst
// Run a test
primes 1000000 1002000
|> Array.iter (printfn "%d")