[erlang-questions] removing an element from a list

[Ivan Uemlianin]

Thanks!

I think I might switch to the longhand version for readability (not to 
mention I've been subtracting all this time when I should have been 
deleting).

Ivan


On 03/05/2011 10:15, Mazen Harake wrote:
> They are equally "good".
>
> A -- [q] says "remove all occurrences found in the right list from the 
> left list". This is sugar syntax for lists:subtract/2. A -- [q,w] 
> would produce [e,r,t,y].
> lists:delete(q, A) says remote element q from list A (note: only one 
> element).
>
> The simple answer is: They are almost the same. if you only want to 
> remove 1 element the list then use delete, if you want to remove 
> several then use subtract.
>
> note: both functions only remove the first occurrence of the element, 
> E.g. [a,a,b,c] -- [a] will result in [a,b,c] and _not_ [b, c], same 
> behaviour for delete.
>
> /M
>
> On 3 May 2011 11:04, Ivan Uemlianin <ivan@REDACTED 
> <mailto:ivan@REDACTED>> wrote:
>
>     Dear All
>
>     It seems there are two ways to remove an element from a list:
>
>       1> A = [q,w,e,r,t,y].
>       [q,w,e,r,t,y]
>       2> A -- [q].
>       [w,e,r,t,y]
>       3> lists:delete(q, A).
>       [w,e,r,t,y]
>       4>
>
>
>     Which is better, and why, or is TMTOWTDI?  (I'm sure the answer
>     won't be as simple as the question:).
>
>     With thanks and best wishes
>
>     Ivan
>
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