[erlang-questions] Getting the position of a list item

[Zoltan Lajos Kis]

Robert Raschke wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Garrett Smith <g@REDACTED> wrote:
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>> I'm missing something basic here :\
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>> The lists module has keyfind/3 but no find/2, where you want to return
>> the position of a particular list item. This is surprising.
>>
>> Is there a commonly used pattern for this?
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> Hmm, I fail to come up with a good usage scenario for wanting this. What are
> you needing the position of an item in a list for?
>
> Robby
>
>   
Find a good usage for lists:nth/2 and lists:nthtail/2 functions, and you 
will find a good one for this :).