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  • Alexander Koutmos

    akoutmos

    akoutmos

    The string concat operator

    You may know that the <> operator is used to concat binaries (strings)...but did you also know you can use it for pattern matching binaries? 
    iex> "You can" <> " " <> "concat binaries!"
#=> "You can concat binaries!"

iex> case "user:b4c52a55-e2d9-446f-908d-42c9812f2e8a" do
      "admin:" <> id -> {:admin, id}
      "user:" <> id -> {:user, id}
      _ -> {:error, :invalid_format}
    end
{:user, "b4c52a55-e2d9-446f-908d-42c9812f2e8a"}
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