Higher Order Function Question

[Raimo Niskanen]

I cannot come up with anything better than:

	lists:filter(fun (Attr) -> not attr:isPk(Attr) end, SomeList)

or

	complement(Fun) -> fun (Attr) -> not Fun(Attr) end.

	lists:filter(complement({attr, isPk}), SomeList)
	% or
	lists:filter(complement(fun isPk/1), SomeList) % within module 'attr'
	% or
	lists:filter(complement(fun(Attr) -> attr:isPk(Attr) end, SomeList) %
Very pointless with the complement() function

/ Raimo Niskanen, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB




Alex Peake wrote:
> 
> Can someone help me with this (no doubt simple) problem.
> 
> I try:
> 
> 1> attr:isPk(Attr).
> false
> 
> 2> not attr:isPk(Attr).
> true
> 
> 3> not(attr:isPk(Attr)).
> true
> 
> but cannot find a permutation/combination of:
> 
> 4> apply({attr, isPk}, [A1]).
> false
> 
> that can include "not" and work.
> 
> Actually, I am trying to lists:filter( ...not isPk... SomeList).
> 
> The simple is to define notIsPk(Attr), or perhaps lists:filter( fun(Attr) ->
> .. end  but they are not an abstraction of "complement".
> 
> Perhaps I should define a function complement(Fn) that returns a function
> that is the complement of the function passed?
> 
> Perhaps there is already an Erlang way to do this (I hope).
> 
> Alex