Control statements in Haskell?

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Published on 2010-05-06T20:37:33Z Indexed on 2010/05/06 20:58 UTC
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I am just beginning Haskell, but from all the online tutorials I've found I can't seem to find if there is one accepted way to do a conditional control statement. I have seen if-else, guards, and pattern matching, but they all seem to accomplish the same thing. Is there one generally accepted/faster/more efficient way than the rest?

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