In Emacs, how to use align-regexp to align <- and = together

Question

I've tried, with M-x align-regexp:

<-|=
(<-|=)
\(<-|=\)
\\(<-|=\\)

And the ones with <- and = reversed. But none work?

Example code as follows:

  (flags, params, errs) <- parseArgs <$> getArgs
  let options = foldr id [] flags -- Apply functions to list

Answer 1

You need to escape the |:

\(<-\|=\)

Answer 2

try \(<-\|=\) -- you need the (backslashed) parentheses, and you need to backslash the |