howto catch a error when i do "read" on a list of integer?

Question

i need help, i have to read a list like this ["1", "2", "3"] and make a list of integer of it [1,2,3] so i use read.

the problem is, when the list looks like ["1", "2", "a"] the programm quits because of the error that there is a char in it.

how to check or throw an error to prevent this error?

Answer 1

You should be using reads, not read.

Prelude> :m Data.Maybe
Prelude Data.Maybe> (map (fmap fst . listToMaybe . reads) ["1", "2", "3"]) :: [Maybe Integer]
[Just 1,Just 2,Just 3]
Prelude Data.Maybe> (map (fmap fst . listToMaybe . reads) ["1", "2", "a"]) :: [Maybe Integer]
[Just 1,Just 2,Nothing]
Prelude Data.Maybe>