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diff --git a/elixir.html.markdown b/elixir.html.markdown index 11a0701c..255d311d 100644 --- a/elixir.html.markdown +++ b/elixir.html.markdown @@ -6,11 +6,19 @@ filename: learnelixir.ex --- ```elixir -# Single line comments start with a hash. +# Single line comments start with a hashtag. -## -------------------- +# There's no multi-line comment, +# but you can stack multiple comments. + +# 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. + +## --------------------------- ## -- Basic types -## -------------------- +## --------------------------- # There are numbers 3 # integer @@ -286,7 +294,6 @@ Recursion.sum_list([1,2,3], 0) #=> 6 # Elixir modules support attributes, there are built-in attributes and you # may also add custom attributes. - defmodule MyMod do @moduledoc """ This is a built-in attribute on a example module. @@ -346,7 +353,6 @@ spawn(f) #=> #PID<0.40.0> # messages to the process. To do message passing we use the `<-` operator. # For all of this to be useful we need to be able to receive messages. This is # achived with the `receive` mechanism: - defmodule Geometry do def area_loop do receive do @@ -371,6 +377,9 @@ pid <- {:rectangle, 2, 3} pid <- {:circle, 2} #=> Area = 12.56000000000000049738 # {:circle,2} + +# The shell is also a process, you can use `self` to get the current pid +self() #=> #PID<0.27.0> ``` ## References |