Newbie question on arrays and indexing

[Shawn Pearce]

Try element/2:

> T = {1, 2, 3, 4}.
{1, 2, 3, 4}
> element(1, T).
1
> element(3, T).
3

The first item in a tuple is index 1.
I'm sure there's a function in lists to get the nth item of a list,
I just haven't had the need to use that one.


Webb Sprague <wwsprague@REDACTED> wrote:
> Hi Everybody,
> 
> I am afraid this is just a stupid question, so if it is, please be nice 
> and point me to some documentation...  :)
> 
> I am wondering what is the best way to handle indexing into a list or 
> tuple.  The issue at hand is that I want to play around with virtual 
> clocks, as per Garg 2001, but all the algorithms are in terms of 
> indexing using integers, like Matrix[3,4].
> 
> Thanks
> Webb
> 

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