[erlang-questions] Doubt with lists:dropwhile

[James Aimonetti]

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lists:dropwhile/2 discards list elements while the fun returns true.
The first element of the list, <<"HTTP/1.1 205 Reset Content">>, does
not equal the empty binary, returns false, which ends the dropwhile/2,
having dropped no elements.

Are you trying to filter out the empty binary?

[ E || E <- binary:split(Data, <<"\r\n">>, [trim, global]), E =/= <<>>].

That will filter out all empty binaries.

On 04/25/2012 10:34 AM, Farruco Sanjurjo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm not getting the expected result while using lists:dropwhile/2
> 
> Here is an example of my problem:
> 
> Data = <<"HTTP/1.1 205 Reset Content\r\n Header-A: A\r\n Header-C :
> dGhlIHNhbXBsZSBub25jZQ==\r\n Header-D: D\r\n\r\n ">>,
> 
> lists:dropwhile(fun(E) -> E == <<>> end, binary:split(Data,
> <<"\r\n">>, [trim, global])).
> 
> And this is the result:
> 
> [<<"HTTP/1.1 205 Reset Content">>, <<"\n              Header-A:
> A">>, <<"\n              Header-C dGhlIHNhbXBsZSBub25jZQ==">>, 
> <<"\n              Header-D: D">>,<<>>, <<"\n              ">>]
> 
> But on the result above, there's a <<>> which if I understand the
> manpage of lists:dropwhile shouldn't be there.
> 
> Am I misunderstanding something?
> 
> 
> 
> 
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