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authorHans Bolinder <[email protected]>2018-02-27 15:42:52 +0100
committerHans Bolinder <[email protected]>2018-03-09 14:45:42 +0100
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stdlib: Add function lists:search/2
This is essentially PR 102, https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/102. The OTP Technical Board decided to change the name of the function to search/2.
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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lists.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lists.xml
index 7efafedc82..c3d5d7e07a 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lists.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lists.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2017</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -771,6 +771,18 @@ length(lists:seq(From, To, Incr)) =:= (To - From + Incr) div Incr</code>
</func>
<func>
+ <name name="search" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Find the first element that satisfies a predicate.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>If there is a <c><anno>Value</anno></c> in <c><anno>List</anno></c>
+ such that <c><anno>Pred</anno>(<anno>Value</anno>)</c> returns
+ <c>true</c>, returns <c>{value, <anno>Value</anno>}</c>
+ for the first such <c><anno>Value</anno></c>,
+ otherwise returns <c>false</c>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name name="splitwith" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Split a list into two lists based on a predicate.</fsummary>
<desc>