splitlist :: [a] -> ([a],[a]) splitlist list = (take n list,drop n list) where n = (length list) `div` 2 inBoth :: (Eq a) => ([a],[a]) -> [a] inBoth (first,second) = do inFirst <- first if (inFirst `elem` second) then return inFirst else [] main = do input <- readFile "three-input.txt" print $ map ( inBoth . splitlist ) $ lines input