!! package:base-compat

xs !! n returns the element of the stream xs at index n. Note that the head of the stream has index 0. Beware: a negative or out-of-bounds index will cause an error.

List index (subscript) operator, starting from 0. It is an instance of the more general genericIndex, which takes an index of any integral type.

>>> ['a', 'b', 'c'] !! 0
'a'

>>> ['a', 'b', 'c'] !! 2
'c'

>>> ['a', 'b', 'c'] !! 3
*** Exception: Prelude.!!: index too large

>>> ['a', 'b', 'c'] !! (-1)
*** Exception: Prelude.!!: negative index

WARNING: This function is partial. You can use atMay instead.