:: a -> [(a, b)] -> b

lookupJust key = fromJust . lookup key

lookup key assocs looks up a key in an association list. For the result to be Nothing, the list must be finite.

Examples

>>> lookup 2 []
Nothing

>>> lookup 2 [(1, "first")]
Nothing

>>> lookup 2 [(1, "first"), (2, "second"), (3, "third")]
Just "second"

lookup key assocs looks up a key in an association list. For the result to be Nothing, the list must be finite.

>>> lookup 2 []
Nothing

>>> lookup 2 [(1, "first")]
Nothing

>>> lookup 2 [(1, "first"), (2, "second"), (3, "third")]
Just "second"

lookup key assocs looks up a key in an association list.

>>> lookup 2 [(1, "first"), (2, "second"), (3, "third")]
Just "second"

lookup key assocs looks up a key in an association list.

>>> lookup 2 []
Nothing

>>> lookup 2 [(1, "first")]
Nothing

>>> lookup 2 [(1, "first"), (2, "second"), (3, "third")]
Just "second"