Monad


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In functional programming, a monad is an abstraction that allows structuring programs generically. Supporting languages may use monads to abstract away boilerplate code needed by the program logic. Monads achieve this by providing their own data type (a particular type for each type of monad), which represents a specific form of computation, along with two procedures: One to wrap values of any basic type within the monad (yielding a monadic value); Another to compose functions that output monadic values (called monadic functions).This allows monads to simplify a wide range of problems, like handling potential undefined values (with the Maybe monad), or keeping values within a flexible, well-formed list (using the List monad). With a monad, a programmer can turn a complicated sequence of functions into a succinct pipeline that abstracts away auxiliary data management, control flow, or side-effects.


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subtopic of Functional programming

In computer science, functional programming is a programming paradigm where programs are constructed...


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