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Contents 1 Using lists 1.1 foreach 1.2 sequence of numbers 1.3 sort

[edit] Using lists

[edit] foreach

3> lists:foreach( fun(X)->X*X end, [1,2,3]).
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produces no output because the purpose of foreach is to generate side-effects. However, 

4> lists:foreach( fun(X)->io:format("~w ",[X]) end, [1,2,3,4]).
1 2 3 4

does work, because io:format() is a side effect function.

[edit] sequence of numbers

lists:seq(1,100) is like range(1,100) in python.

[edit] sort

lists:sort( A ) is what you think.