Lists search by first element of a tuple

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Hi to everyone,

I want to search in a list like:

1> L=[{{1,2},3},{{1,4},3},{{2,4},8}].
[{{1,2},3},{{1,4},3},{{2,4},8}]

by the first element of the tuple that is the first element of each tuple.

Example, I can use:

2> lists:filter(fun(X) -> element(1,element(1,X)) == 1 end, L).
[{{1,2},3},{{1,4},3}]

There's a better way to perform such search?

something like:

3> lists:keysearch({1,_}, 1, L).
** 1: variable '_' is unbound **

Thanks in advance, Carlos.-
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