[erlang-questions] removing an element from a list

[Ivan Uemlianin]

Thanks, that was going to be my second question.  I was thinking some of 
the lists I'm using should probably be dicts, ... or sets.

Best

Ivan


On 03/05/2011 10:26, Ahmed Omar wrote:
> * 2nd case (removing several elements, i.e subtracting lists) you need 
> to be careful, if your lists are huge you wanna consider using sets
> http://www.erlang.org/doc/efficiency_guide/commoncaveats.html#id59266
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> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Mazen Harake <mazen.harake@REDACTED 
> <mailto:mazen.harake@REDACTED>> wrote:
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>     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. 
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