[erlang-questions] tail and head

[Vlad Dumitrescu]

Hi,

You can, it's only that 'head' is actually called 'hd' and 'tail' is 'tl'.

hd([1,2,3])
1

regards,
Vlad

2008/7/22 Circular Function <circularfunc@REDACTED>:

> why cant i do head([1,2,3]). or head [1,2,3]. ?
>
> head and tail aren't real commands just abstract ones so I always have to
> do the following?
> [A:B]=[1,2,3].
> A.
> 1
> B.
> [2,3]
>
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