Summing a number to the terms of a list

[Vlad Dumitrescu]

Hi,

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jilani Khaldi" <jilani.khaldi@REDACTED>
> Why this code gives me these different results?
>
> A=[1,2,3].
> sumit:sum_me(A,100).
> "efg"
>
> sumit:sum_me(A,200).
> "\311\312\313"
>
> sumit:sum_me(A,300).
> [301,302,303] -- as I expected.

In the first two cases, the resulting lists contain small integers and when
printing those, the shell assumes they are strings. Erlang strings are
indistinguishable from arbitrary lists that happen to contain only small
integers (<255). Try in the shell to type
>[101, 102, 103].

regards,
Vlad