[erlang-questions] Run external program with arguments

[Anders Dahlin]

Ooops, sorry! Should have read the construction part better.
/A

Torbjorn Tornkvist wrote:
> Anders Dahlin wrote:
>> Except foldr will produce a reversed result, so foldl is a better choice.
> 
> Sorry, but you are wrong!
> ----------------------------
> -module(aaa).
> -compile(export_all).
> 
> r(Data,Seperator) ->
>     lists:foldr(fun(X,[]) -> X; (X,Acc) -> X++Seperator++Acc end, "", Data).
> 
> l(Data,Seperator) ->
>     lists:foldl(fun(X,[]) -> X; (X,Acc) -> X++Seperator++Acc end, "", Data).
> ---------------------------------
> 1> aaa:r(["a","b","c"], ".").
> "a.b.c"
> 2> aaa:l(["a","b","c"], ".").
> "c.b.a"
> ------------------------------------
> To make use of foldl you need to write l/2 like this:
> 
> l2(Data,Seperator) ->
>     lists:foldl(fun(X,[]) -> X; (X,Acc) -> Acc++Seperator++X end, "", Data).
> 
> 3> aaa:l2(["a","b","c"], ".").
> "a.b.c"
> ---------------------------------------
> But this is actually worse, since append usually recurse on its left
> argument which in this case is Acc which will grow for each iteration.
> 
> I guess there is a reason why Haskell define fold as a synonym for foldr.
> 
> Cheers, Tobbe
> 
>> Brgds,
>> /A
>>
>> Torbjorn Tornkvist wrote:
>>> Bob Ippolito wrote:
>>>> The easiest way is to perform shell quoting over the command you
>>>> want... take a look at mochiweb_util:cmd_port/2.
>>>>
>>>> http://mochiweb.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/mochiweb_util.erl
>>> Hm...that join function. Couldn't it be written like:
>>>
>>> %%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> %% @spec implode(Str::string(), Sep::string()) -> string()
>>> %%
>>> %% @doc  split text at first occurence of Char (Char is not include in
>>> Before
>>> %%       or After parts)
>>> %%
>>> %%  Example:  implode(["a","b","c"], ".") => "a.b.c"
>>> %%
>>> %%
>>> @end------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> implode(Data, Seperator) when is_list(Data) andalso is_list(Seperator) ->
>>>     lists:foldr(fun(X,[]) -> X; (X,Acc) -> X++Seperator++Acc end, "", Data).
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers, Tobbe
>>>
>>>> -bob
>>>>
>>>> On 11/14/07, Alexander Zhukov <azhukov@REDACTED> wrote:
>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a way to run an external program from Erlang program with
>>>>> arguments?
>>>>>
>>>>> I like to be able to write something like this:
>>>>>
>>>>> Port = open_port({spawn, Ext_prog_name}, [stream, {args, ["-c", "file", "-d"]}]),
>>>>>
>>>>> but so far I can't find a way to run a program with arguments.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, I know I can write a wrapper script but I do not like such an
>>>>> approach.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Alexander Zhukov
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