STDLIB

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sets

Module

sets

Module Summary

Functions for set manipulation.

Description

Sets are collections of elements with no duplicate elements. The representation of a set is undefined.

This module provides the same interface as the ordsets(3) module but with a defined representation. One difference is that while this module considers two elements as different if they do not match (=:=), ordsets considers two elements as different if and only if they do not compare equal (==).

Data Types

set(Element)

As returned by new/0.

set() = set(term())

Exports

add_element(Element, Set1) -> Set2

Types

Set1 = Set2 = set(Element)

Returns a new set formed from Set1 with Element inserted.

del_element(Element, Set1) -> Set2

Types

Set1 = Set2 = set(Element)

Returns Set1, but with Element removed.

filter(Pred, Set1) -> Set2

Types

Pred = fun((Element) -> boolean())
Set1 = Set2 = set(Element)

Filters elements in Set1 with boolean function Pred.

fold(Function, Acc0, Set) -> Acc1

Types

Function = fun((Element, AccIn) -> AccOut)
Set = set(Element)
Acc0 = Acc1 = AccIn = AccOut = Acc

Folds Function over every element in Set and returns the final value of the accumulator. The evaluation order is undefined.

from_list(List) -> Set

Types

List = [Element]
Set = set(Element)

Returns a set of the elements in List.

intersection(SetList) -> Set

Types

SetList = [set(Element), ...]
Set = set(Element)

Returns the intersection of the non-empty list of sets.

intersection(Set1, Set2) -> Set3

Types

Set1 = Set2 = Set3 = set(Element)

Returns the intersection of Set1 and Set2.

is_disjoint(Set1, Set2) -> boolean()

Types

Set1 = Set2 = set(Element)

Returns true if Set1 and Set2 are disjoint (have no elements in common), otherwise false.

is_element(Element, Set) -> boolean()

Types

Set = set(Element)

Returns true if Element is an element of Set, otherwise false.

is_set(Set) -> boolean()

Types

Set = term()

Returns true if Set is a set of elements, otherwise false.

is_subset(Set1, Set2) -> boolean()

Types

Set1 = Set2 = set(Element)

Returns true when every element of Set1 is also a member of Set2, otherwise false.

new() -> set()

Returns a new empty set.

size(Set) -> integer() >= 0

Types

Set = set()

Returns the number of elements in Set.

subtract(Set1, Set2) -> Set3

Types

Set1 = Set2 = Set3 = set(Element)

Returns only the elements of Set1 that are not also elements of Set2.

to_list(Set) -> List

Types

Set = set(Element)
List = [Element]

Returns the elements of Set as a list. The order of the returned elements is undefined.

union(SetList) -> Set

Types

SetList = [set(Element)]
Set = set(Element)

Returns the merged (union) set of the list of sets.

union(Set1, Set2) -> Set3

Types

Set1 = Set2 = Set3 = set(Element)

Returns the merged (union) set of Set1 and Set2.

See Also

gb_sets(3), ordsets(3)

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