Mar 28, 2021
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5 things you need to remember in Elixir
- Single quotes vs double quotes
A lot of modern programming languages, like ruby, javascript and python, will treat'string'the same as"string". In Elixir, however, it is not the case
> 'string' == "string"
false> IEx.Info.info('string')
... {"Data type", "List"} ...> IEx.Info.info("string")
... {"Data type", "BitString"} ...
2. function clause for idiomatic elixir
defmodule AnimalSoundEmitter do
def emit(:dog), do: :bark
def emit(:cat), do: :meow
def…
