Suzaku_Sakuya
How to return values with if/else and if condition in function
Hi everyone, I am new to Elixir. I have a function and in this function:
if type == "followers" do
users = ....
else
users = ....
end
if options != nil do
users = ....
end
How can I do this and make sure that the users in the first if/else block will be used in the next if block?
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cmkarlsson
Instead of assigning users in the if clause you assign "the result"t of the if clause to the variable.
def yourfun() do
users = if type == "followers" do
....
else
....
end
if options != nil do
....
else
users
end
end
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cmkarlsson
And if you want to avoid if else clauses this can be written using more functions.
def yourfun(users, type, options) do
users
|> filter_users(type)
|> transform_users(options)
end
def filter_users(users, "followers"), do: ....
def filter_users(users, "other"), do: ....
def filter_users(users, _), do: ....
def transform_users(users, nil), do: users
def transform_users(users, opts), do: ....
cmkarlsson
No worries. It takes some practice to get used to a more functional way of thinking. something I think we all encountered when we transitioned from traditional procedural/OOP to functional languages.
If your code starts having lots of if/else clauses or other conditionals they can generally be refactored in a more functional way. Remember that in elixir everything is an expression.
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