Elixir Maps | Table O Contents
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Elixir Maps
From the iex prompt or iex> …
Type the command h followed immediately by the name of the Module associated with the concept of dictionaries or Maps in Elixir, as follows:
iex> h(Map)
;where the Module name of Map in parenthesis returns the resident help library or man or manual pages for the module Map
Map functions
iex> Map.get(x, :a)
Returns,
iex> 3
Elixir Maps
Strings as Keys in Elixir
Use the % sign plus a set of curly braces { ... } to create a data map or dictionary or simply a map in Elixir as follows:
iex> x = %{ "a" => 3, "b" => 4 }
Note. The fat arrow designates a key => value pair within a map.
;where the name of the map is assigned to the variable placeholder x
Note. Dictionaries in Python3 are called Maps in Elixir.
Maps in Elixir
From the iex prompt or iex> …
Type the command h followed immediately by the name of the Module associated with the concept of dictionaries or Maps in Elixir, as follows:
iex> h(Map)
;where the Module name of Map in parenthesis returns the resident help library or man or manual pages for the module Map
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In short, type the following command statement from a Terminal window when set to the docs subdirectory.
jekyll serve --watch --baseurl "" -o
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