What is the zip function in Haskell?

Overview

The zip function is used to merge two lists in Haskell. It will merge with the elements present at the same position in both lists.

Syntax

zip list1 list2

Parameters and return value

It takes two lists as parameters and returns a tuple or list.

Let’s have a look at the example below.

Example

main::IO()
main = do
  --usage of zip function
  print( zip ['x', 'y', 'z'][12, 13, 25]  )

Explanation

  • Line 5: We use the zip function to merge the given two lists. We will pass the given two lists as parameters to the function, and it will return a list after merging the given lists.

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