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Kent Johnson
Kent Johnson

Reputation: 49

How to append elements into Erlang list when the list size is unknown

How to append elements into Erlang list data type when size of the list is unknown.

Sample elements: 1, 2, 3, 4.

The final list should be L = [1,2,3,4].

Upvotes: 0

Views: 114

Answers (1)

Hamidreza Soleimani
Hamidreza Soleimani

Reputation: 2544

The list in Erlang is dynamic-length, so you don't need to specify its final size in advance.

Also you can add new element to list this way:

List0 = [],
List1 = [4|List0],
List2 = [3|List1],
List3 = [2|List2],
List4 = [1|List3],
%% => List4 = [1, 2, 3, 4].

Upvotes: 3

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