module Person where type Name = String type Age = Integer data Person = Person Name Age deriving Show data PersonInvalid = NameEmpty | AgeTooLow | PersonInvalidUnknown String deriving (Show, Eq) 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 gimmePerson :: IO () gimmePerson = do putStr "Provide a name: " name <- getLine putStr "Provide an age: " age <- getLine let p = mkPerson name ((read age) :: Integer) case go p of True -> putStr "Yay! Succefully got a person: " False -> putStrLn "Error: " putStrLn $ show p where go (Right _) = True go (Left _) = False