[erlang-questions] missing function

[Robert Virding]

There are two points about your question:

1. It is not strange that you cannot find such a function, it does not exist
in the libraries. :-)

2. It may also be strange that one does not exist, but so far no one has
seen a need to add it to lists where it would belong.

Robert

2008/12/23 Maxim Treskin <zerthurd@REDACTED>

> Hello
>
> I can't find standard function which returns position of element in list
> like:
>
> num(El, List) ->
>     num(El, List, 1).
>
> num(_, [], _) -> {error, not_found};
> num(El, [H|T], Acc) ->
>     case H of
>         El -> Acc;
>         _ -> num(El, T, Acc+1)
>     end.
>
> I think it strange. Can you clarify this point?
>
> Thank you.
>
> --
> Maxim Treskin
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