any package:base-compat

Determines whether any element of the structure satisfies the predicate.

Examples

Basic usage:

>>> any (> 3) []
False

>>> any (> 3) [1,2]
False

>>> any (> 3) [1,2,3,4,5]
True

>>> any (> 3) [1..]
True

>>> any (> 3) [0, -1..]
* Hangs forever *

Boolean monoid under disjunction (||).

>>> getAny (Any True <> mempty <> Any False)
True

>>> getAny (mconcat (map (\x -> Any (even x)) [2,4,6,7,8]))
True