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author | Tom Benner <[email protected]> | 2014-12-27 14:52:20 -0500 |
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committer | Tom Benner <[email protected]> | 2014-12-28 14:37:27 -0500 |
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diff --git a/system/doc/getting_started/seq_prog.xml b/system/doc/getting_started/seq_prog.xml index 2260229560..dede41d3af 100644 --- a/system/doc/getting_started/seq_prog.xml +++ b/system/doc/getting_started/seq_prog.xml @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Eshell V5.9.1 (abort with ^G) (See the chapter <seealso marker="erts:tty">"tty - A command line interface"</seealso> in ERTS User's Guide).</p> <p>(Note: you will find a lot of line numbers given by the shell out of sequence in this tutorial as it was written and the code - tested in several sessions).</p> + tested in several sessions.)</p> <p>Now let's try a more complex calculation.</p> <pre> 2> <input>(42 + 77) * 66 / 3.</input> @@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ convert_length({inch, Y}) -> [2,3,4,5]</pre> <p>We use | to separate the first elements of the list from the rest of the list. (<c>First</c> has got value 1 and - <c>TheRest</c> value [2,3,4,5]).</p> + <c>TheRest</c> value [2,3,4,5].)</p> <p>Another example:</p> <pre> 20> <input>[E1, E2 | R] = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7].</input> @@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ list_length([First | Rest]) -> the remaining elements <c>Rest</c> is 1 + the length of <c>Rest</c>.</p> <p>(Advanced readers only: This is not tail recursive, there is a - better way to write this function).</p> + better way to write this function.)</p> <p>In general we can say we use tuples where we would use "records" or "structs" in other languages and we use lists when we want to represent things which have varying sizes, (i.e. where we would @@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ ok</pre> <p>Now we call <c>format_temps(Rest)</c> with the rest of the list as an argument. This way of doing things is similar to the loop constructs in other languages. (Yes, this is recursion, but don't - let that worry you). So the same <c>format_temps</c> function is + let that worry you.) So the same <c>format_temps</c> function is called again, this time <c>City</c> gets the value <c>{cape_town,{f,70}}</c> and we repeat the same procedure as before. We go on doing this until the list becomes empty, i.e. [], @@ -738,11 +738,11 @@ list_max([Head|Rest], Result_so_far) -> <p>Some useful operators in guards are, < less than, > greater than, == equal, >= greater or equal, =< less or equal, /= not equal. (see the chapter - <seealso marker="doc/reference_manual:expressions">"Guard Sequences"</seealso> in the Erlang Reference Manual).</p> + <seealso marker="doc/reference_manual:expressions">"Guard Sequences"</seealso> in the Erlang Reference Manual.)</p> <p>To change the above program to one which works out the minimum value of the element in a list, all we would need to do is to write < instead of >. (But it would be wise to change - the name of the function to <c>list_min</c> :-).</p> + the name of the function to <c>list_min</c> :-).)</p> <p>Remember that I mentioned earlier that a variable could only be given a value once in its scope? In the above we see, for example, that <c>Result_so_far</c> has been given several values. This is @@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ Year rem 400 == 0 -> (see the chapter <seealso marker="doc/reference_manual:expressions">"Guard Sequences"</seealso> in the Erlang Reference Manual) (Aside for advanced readers: This is to ensure that guards don't have side - effects). Let's play with a few of these functions in the shell:</p> + effects.) Let's play with a few of these functions in the shell:</p> <pre> 75> <input>trunc(5.6).</input> 5 |