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authorJoel Jucá <joelwallis@gmail.com>2023-04-27 17:09:38 -0300
committerJoel Jucá <joelwallis@gmail.com>2023-04-27 17:09:38 -0300
commit3e22775a641831a82c59a3b6197240b2fcd9a76b (patch)
tree9da4fee4097326c81c86753eaf28f3e19a64e7f5 /elixir.html.markdown
parenteeb6c05ebbea620b30ec926f053ae5cace1070fe (diff)
Fix bad case in the Elixir language
Diffstat (limited to 'elixir.html.markdown')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/elixir.html.markdown b/elixir.html.markdown
index 9f96be49..2748a983 100644
--- a/elixir.html.markdown
+++ b/elixir.html.markdown
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---
-language: elixir
+language: Elixir
contributors:
- ["Joao Marques", "https://github.com/mrshankly"]
- ["Dzianis Dashkevich", "https://github.com/dskecse"]
@@ -13,16 +13,15 @@ It's fully compatible with Erlang, but features a more standard syntax
and many more features.
```elixir
-
# Single line comments start with a number symbol.
# There's no multi-line comment,
# but you can stack multiple comments.
-# To use the elixir shell use the `iex` command.
+# To use the Elixir shell use the `iex` command.
# Compile your modules with the `elixirc` command.
-# Both should be in your path if you installed elixir correctly.
+# Both should be in your path if you installed Elixir correctly.
## ---------------------------
## -- Basic types
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ elem({1, 2, 3}, 0) #=> 1
head #=> 1
tail #=> [2,3]
-# In elixir, just like in Erlang, the `=` denotes pattern matching and
+# In Elixir, just like in Erlang, the `=` denotes pattern matching and
# not an assignment.
#
# This means that the left-hand side (pattern) is matched against a
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ string.
<<?a, ?b, ?c>> #=> "abc"
[?a, ?b, ?c] #=> 'abc'
-# `?a` in elixir returns the ASCII integer for the letter `a`
+# `?a` in Elixir returns the ASCII integer for the letter `a`
?a #=> 97
# To concatenate lists use `++`, for binaries use `<>`
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ genders.gillian #=> "female"
5 * 2 #=> 10
10 / 2 #=> 5.0
-# In elixir the operator `/` always returns a float.
+# In Elixir the operator `/` always returns a float.
# To do integer division use `div`
div(10, 2) #=> 5
@@ -174,7 +173,7 @@ else
"This will"
end
-# Remember pattern matching? Many control-flow structures in elixir rely on it.
+# Remember pattern matching? Many control-flow structures in Elixir rely on it.
# `case` allows us to compare a value against many patterns:
case {:one, :two} do
@@ -307,7 +306,7 @@ Geometry.area({:circle, 3}) #=> 28.25999999999999801048
# Geometry.area({:circle, "not_a_number"})
#=> ** (FunctionClauseError) no function clause matching in Geometry.area/1
-# Due to immutability, recursion is a big part of elixir
+# Due to immutability, recursion is a big part of Elixir
defmodule Recursion do
def sum_list([head | tail], acc) do
sum_list(tail, acc + head)
@@ -382,7 +381,7 @@ end
## ---------------------------
# Elixir relies on the actor model for concurrency. All we need to write
-# concurrent programs in elixir are three primitives: spawning processes,
+# concurrent programs in Elixir are three primitives: spawning processes,
# sending messages and receiving messages.
# To start a new process we use the `spawn` function, which takes a function