Iterate n times

[Francesco Cesarini]

Another function I have often implemented and used in my private 
libraries is

while(Fun, Arg) -> while(Fun(Arg), Fun).

while({true, Arg},   Fun) -> while(Fun(Arg), Fun);
while({false, Val}, _Fun) -> Val.

Francesco
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Sean Hinde wrote:

>Does anyone know if this function has a proper name or already exists
>anywhere?
>
>iter(F, St, 0) ->
>    St;
>iter(F, St, N) when integer(N), N > 1 ->
>    iter(F, F(St, N), N-1).
>
>Simple examples of usage might be:
>
>1> iter(fun(St, N) -> N + St end, 0, 5).
>15
>2> iter(fun(St, N) -> [N|St] end, [], 5).
>[1,2,3,4,5]
>
>Sean
>
>
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