Re: what did I do wrong here ?

Hi,

Roelof Wobben [email protected] [ocaml_beginners] wrote:
> it helps but still im a little bit confused.
>
> What I try to do it this :
>
> lets say I want to calculate this 1+2+3
> then first 2+3 must be calculated and the outcome will be 5
> then 5+1 must be calculated so the outcome will be 6.
>
> Now there are no arguments anymore so the outcome must be displayed.
>
> But if there are no arguments so sum  then the answer must be 0
>
> and I use this as a example and here a=  is used  : # let rec factorial
> a = if a = 1 then 1 else a * factorial (a - 1);;

You might find these (very basic) videos help you to understand 
expressions. In particular videos 1 - 4:

http://ocaml-book.com/videos/

Thanks,

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John Whitington
Director, Coherent Graphics Ltd
http://www.coherentpdf.com/