<div dir="ltr">Just noticed a mistake.<br><br>FunVar =<br> fun(MySelf) -> <br> ...<br> MySelf().<br><br>should have been<br><br>FunVar =<br> fun(MySelf) -> <br> ...<br> MySelf(MySelf).<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 5:13 AM, Edwin Fine <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:erlang-questions_efine@usa.net">erlang-questions_efine@usa.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">I'm assuming that you want to do this in the shell, otherwise it would be easier just to write the function in the usual way, e.g.<br><br>myfun() -><br> blah, blah,<br> myfun().<br><br>To create a fun that calls itself, you must realize that you are creating an unnamed function. When you write<br>
<br>fun(X) -> X * 2 end.<br><br>this is compiled to a Fun data type, e.g. #Fun<erl_eval.6.13229925>.<br><br>Since the function does not have a name, it cannot refer to itself.<br><br>When you write FunVar = fun(X) -> X * 2 end, the function is bound to the variable FunVar. Because the binding takes place *after* the fun is created, the fun cannot refer to the variable FunVar within its definition.<br>
<br>So how is it done? You have to pass the variable to the function so that it "knows" what to call:<br><br>FunVar =<br> fun(MySelf) -> <br> ...<br> MySelf().<br><br>Then when you call it, you call FunVar(FunVar). Looks strange but it works.<br>
<br>Example: Writing a simple generate and fold function using only a fun() variable.<br><br><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">9> GenFold = </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> fun(0, Acc, _) -><br>
Acc;</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> (X, Acc, Fun) -><br> Fun(X - 1, [X|Acc], Fun)</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> end.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">#Fun<erl_eval.18.105910772></span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">10> GenFold(10, [], GenFold). </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">11> </span><br><br>Or a for loop:<br><br><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">22> For = <br> fun(Max, Max, ExecFun, _) -><br> ok;<br> (N, Max, ExecFun, Next) -><br>
ExecFun(N),<br> Next(N + 1, Max, ExecFun, Next)<br> end. </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">#Fun<erl_eval.4.105156089></span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">23> For(0,10,fun(I) -> io:format("~B ", [I]) end, For). </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ok</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">24> </span><br><br>Stuff like this is described in Joe Armstrong's Erlang book.<br>
<br>Hope this helps.<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 11:19 PM, deepblue_other <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cktgatb@gmail.com" target="_blank">cktgatb@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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hello<br>
I have this going on<br>
<br>
FunVar =<br>
fun() -><br>
...<br>
FunVar()<br>
end.<br>
<br>
so the compiler is complaining that FunVar is unbound at the place where its<br>
being used inside fun(); this makes sense, however Im wondering how to make<br>
this into a recursive function since there's no name to reference the<br>
function with.<br>
<br>
thanks<br>
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