[erlang-questions] passing a function to lists:map

[Jeroen Koops]

Hi Martin,

use:

-export([ ta/1 ]).

and then:

atomize(List) -> lists:map(fun ta/1, List).

Regards,



On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Martin DeMello <martindemello@REDACTED>wrote:

> ta(X) when is_list(X)    -> list_to_atom(X);
> ta(X) when is_tuple(X)   -> tuple_to_list(X);
> ta(X) when is_integer(X) -> X.
>
> % this doesn't work
> atomize(List) -> lists:map(ta, List).
>
> % this does
> atomize(List) -> lists:map(fun(X) -> ta(X) end, List).
>
> What's the difference? Have I just got the syntax wrong, or is there
> some fundamental reason I need the second version?
>
> martin
>
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