diff --git a/ebin/erlware_commons.app b/ebin/erlware_commons.app
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+%% -*- mode: Erlang; fill-column: 75; comment-column: 50; -*-
+{application, erlware_commons,
+ [{description, "Additional standard library for Erlang"},
+  {vsn, "0.0.1"},
+  {modules, [ec_lists]},
+  {registered, []},
+  {applications, [kernel, stdlib]}]}.
diff --git a/src/ec_lists.erl b/src/ec_lists.erl
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+%%%-------------------------------------------------------------------
+%%% @copyright (C) 2011, Erlware LLC
+%%% @doc
+%%%  Provides useful functionionality on standard lists that are
+%%%  not provided in the standard library.
+%%% @end
+%%%-------------------------------------------------------------------
+-module(ec_lists).
+
+%% API
+-export([find/2,
+	 fetch/2]).
+
+%%%===================================================================
+%%% API
+%%%===================================================================
+
+%% @doc Find a value in the list with the specified function. If the
+%% function returns the atom true, the value is returned as {ok,
+%% term()} and processing is aborted, if the function returns false,
+%% processing continues until the end of the list. If the end is found
+%% and the function never returns true the atom error is returned.
+-spec find([term()], fun()) -> {ok, term()} | error.
+find([Head | Tail], Fun)
+  when is_function(Fun) ->
+    case Fun(Head) of
+	true ->
+	    {ok, Head};
+	false ->
+	    find(Tail, Fun)
+    end;
+find([], _Fun) ->
+    error.
+
+%% @doc Fetch a value from the list. If the function returns true the
+%% value is returend. If processing reaches the end of the list and
+%% the function has never returned true an exception not_found is
+%% thrown.
+-spec fetch(list(), fun()) -> term().
+fetch(List, Fun)
+  when is_list(List),
+       is_function(Fun) ->
+    case find(List, Fun) of
+	{ok, Head} ->
+	    Head;
+	error ->
+	    throw(not_found)
+    end.
+
+%%%===================================================================
+%%% API
+%%%===================================================================
+
+-ifndef(NOTEST).
+-include_lib("eunit/include/eunit.hrl").
+
+find1_test() ->
+    TestData = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6],
+    Result = find(TestData,
+		  fun(5) ->
+			  true;
+		     (_) ->
+			  false
+		  end),
+    ?assertMatch({ok, 5}, Result),
+
+    Result2 = find(TestData,
+		   fun(37) ->
+			   true;
+		      (_) ->
+			   false
+		   end),
+    ?assertMatch(error, Result2).
+
+find2_test() ->
+    TestData = ["one", "two", "three", "four", "five", "six"],
+    Result = find(TestData,
+		  fun("five") ->
+			  true;
+		     (_) ->
+			  false
+		  end),
+    ?assertMatch({ok, "five"}, Result),
+
+    Result2 = find(TestData,
+		   fun(super_duper) ->
+			   true;
+		      (_) ->
+			   false
+		   end),
+    ?assertMatch(error, Result2).
+
+
+
+find3_test() ->
+    TestData = [{"one", 1}, {"two", 2}, {"three", 3}, {"four", 5}, {"five", 5},
+		{"six", 6}],
+    Result = find(TestData,
+		  fun({"one", 1}) ->
+			  true;
+		     (_) ->
+			  false
+		  end),
+    ?assertMatch({ok, {"one", 1}}, Result),
+
+    Result2 = find(TestData,
+		   fun([fo, bar, baz]) ->
+			   true;
+		      ({"onehundred", 100}) ->
+			   true;
+		      (_) ->
+			   false
+		   end),
+    ?assertMatch(error, Result2).
+
+
+
+fetch1_test() ->
+    TestData = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6],
+    Result = fetch(TestData,
+		  fun(5) ->
+			  true;
+		     (_) ->
+			  false
+		  end),
+    ?assertMatch(5, Result),
+
+    ?assertThrow(not_found,
+		 fetch(TestData,
+		       fun(37) ->
+			       true;
+			  (_) ->
+			       false
+		       end)).
+
+fetch2_test() ->
+    TestData = ["one", "two", "three", "four", "five", "six"],
+    Result = fetch(TestData,
+		   fun("five") ->
+			  true;
+		      (_) ->
+			   false
+		   end),
+    ?assertMatch("five", Result),
+
+    ?assertThrow(not_found,
+		 fetch(TestData,
+		       fun(super_duper) ->
+			       true;
+			  (_) ->
+			       false
+		       end)).
+
+fetch3_test() ->
+    TestData = [{"one", 1}, {"two", 2}, {"three", 3}, {"four", 5}, {"five", 5},
+		{"six", 6}],
+    Result = fetch(TestData,
+		  fun({"one", 1}) ->
+			  true;
+		     (_) ->
+			  false
+		  end),
+    ?assertMatch({"one", 1}, Result),
+
+    ?assertThrow(not_found,
+		 fetch(TestData,
+		       fun([fo, bar, baz]) ->
+			       true;
+			  ({"onehundred", 100}) ->
+			       true;
+			  (_) ->
+			       false
+		       end)).
+
+
+
+
+-endif.