List comprehensions

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The Erlang notation [ F(X) || X <- L] means "the list of F(X) where X is taken from the list L."

1> L = [1,2,3,4,5].
[1,2,3,4,5]
2> [2*X || X <- L ].
[2,4,6,8,10]

Thus, [2*X || X <- L ] means "the list of 2*X where X is taken from the list L."

There's tons of other really really cool stuff you can do. Like qsort(L) for quick sorting lists:

qsort([]) -> [];
qsort([Pivot|T]) ->
	qsort([X || X <- T, X < Pivot])
	++ [Pivot] ++
	qsort([X || X <- T, X >= Pivot]).

Or perms(S) for generating all possible permutations of a string:

perms([]) -> [[]];
perms(L)  -> [[H|T] || H <- L, T <- perms(L--[H])].

Or pythag(N) for generating all Pythagorean triplets (sets of integers {A,B,C} where A2 + B2 = C2):

pythag(N) ->
    [ {A,B,C} ||
        A <- lists:seq(1,N),
        B <- lists:seq(1,N),
        C <- lists:seq(1,N),
        A+B+C =< N,
        A*A+B*B =:= C*C 
    ].

Ad infinitum into the wee hours of the morning...

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