flatmap

[Thomas Johnsson]

The description seems correct except for the type of Function, which 
should be:
Function = fun(A) -> [ B ] .

from lists.erl:

append([E]) -> E;
append([H|T]) -> H ++ append(T);
append([]) -> [].
....
flatmap(F, [Hd|Tail]) ->
    F(Hd) ++ flatmap(F, Tail);
flatmap(_, []) -> [].


-- Thomas



Mats Cronqvist wrote:

>   happended upon the description of lists:flatmap/2 (that i've never 
> used), and was a bit mystified by the append/1 function used in the 
> description. could it be that it should say flatten/1 ?
>
>   mats
>
> flatmap(Function, List1) -> Element
> Types:
> Function = fun(A) -> B
> List1 = [A]
> Element = [B]
>
> flatmap behaves as if it had been defined as follows:
>
> flatmap(Func, List) ->
>     append(map(Func, List))
>