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diff --git a/elixir.html.markdown b/elixir.html.markdown index c8599838..26a547c3 100644 --- a/elixir.html.markdown +++ b/elixir.html.markdown @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ language: elixir contributors: - ["Joao Marques", "http://github.com/mrshankly"] - ["Dzianis Dashkevich", "https://github.com/dskecse"] + - ["Ryan Plant", "https://github.com/ryanplant-au"] filename: learnelixir.ex --- @@ -96,6 +97,14 @@ string. lower..upper = 1..10 # Can use pattern matching on ranges as well [lower, upper] #=> [1, 10] +# Maps are key-value pairs +genders = %{"david" => "male", "gillian" => "female"} +genders["david"] #=> "male" + +# Maps with atom keys can be used like this +genders = %{david: "male", gillian: "female"} +genders.gillian #=> "female" + ## --------------------------- ## -- Operators ## --------------------------- @@ -170,7 +179,7 @@ case {:one, :two} do {:four, :five} -> "This won't match" {:one, x} -> - "This will match and bind `x` to `:two`" + "This will match and bind `x` to `:two` in this clause" _ -> "This will match any value" end @@ -343,6 +352,7 @@ rescue RuntimeError -> "rescued a runtime error" _error -> "this will rescue any error" end +#=> "rescued a runtime error" # All exceptions have a message try do @@ -351,6 +361,7 @@ rescue x in [RuntimeError] -> x.message end +#=> "some error" ## --------------------------- ## -- Concurrency @@ -369,6 +380,13 @@ spawn(f) #=> #PID<0.40.0> # messages to the process. To do message passing we use the `send` operator. # For all of this to be useful we need to be able to receive messages. This is # achieved with the `receive` mechanism: + +# The `receive do` block is used to listen for messages and process +# them when they are received. A `receive do` block will only +# process one received message. In order to process multiple +# messages, a function with a `receive do` block must recursively +# call itself to get into the `receive do` block again. + defmodule Geometry do def area_loop do receive do @@ -384,6 +402,8 @@ end # Compile the module and create a process that evaluates `area_loop` in the shell pid = spawn(fn -> Geometry.area_loop() end) #=> #PID<0.40.0> +# Alternatively +pid = spawn(Geometry, :area_loop, []) # Send a message to `pid` that will match a pattern in the receive statement send pid, {:rectangle, 2, 3} @@ -396,11 +416,28 @@ send pid, {:circle, 2} # The shell is also a process, you can use `self` to get the current pid self() #=> #PID<0.27.0> + +## --------------------------- +## -- Agents +## --------------------------- + +# An agent is a process that keeps track of some changing value + +# Create an agent with `Agent.start_link`, passing in a function +# The initial state of the agent will be whatever that function returns +{ok, my_agent} = Agent.start_link(fn -> ["red, green"] end) + +# `Agent.get` takes an agent name and a `fn` that gets passed the current state +# Whatever that `fn` returns is what you'll get back +Agent.get(my_agent, fn colors -> colors end) #=> ["red, "green"] + +# Update the agent's state the same way +Agent.update(my_agent, fn colors -> ["blue" | colors] end) ``` ## References -* [Getting started guide](http://elixir-lang.org/getting_started/1.html) from [elixir webpage](http://elixir-lang.org) +* [Getting started guide](http://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/introduction.html) from the [Elixir website](http://elixir-lang.org) * [Elixir Documentation](http://elixir-lang.org/docs/master/) * ["Programming Elixir"](https://pragprog.com/book/elixir/programming-elixir) by Dave Thomas * [Elixir Cheat Sheet](http://media.pragprog.com/titles/elixir/ElixirCheat.pdf) |