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I'm currently working on project with Haskell, and have found myself some trouble. I'm supposed to read and insert into a list each line in a "dictionary.txt" file, but I can't seem to do so. I've got this code: main = do let list = [] loadNums "dictionary.txt" list loadNums location list = do inh <- openFile location ReadMode mainloop inh list hClose inh mainloop inh list = do ineof <- hIsEOF inh if ineof then return () else do inpStr <- hGetLine inh inpStr:list mainloop inh list It is supposed to get every line (I know it does get every line, since replacing the "inpStr:list" with a "putStrLn inpStr" works correctly, displaying all lines), and insert it into a list but I get the following error: Couldn't match expected type `IO' against inferred type `[]' Probably because the hGetLine isn't a String, but a IO String, which I have no idea how to handle in order to obtain a proper string I can insert in my list. I have no idea how this could be solved, or what the problem is exactly, but if anyone has any idea of how to properly get every line in a file into a list, I'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance!

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