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List as functions argument never matched
I got 2 warnings and “unexpected” behavior when trying to match argument as a list. Is this code incorrect? How can I match a argument as a List?
(It’s first code i am writing by myself
I was trying to be close to the “book”)
I have following code
def choice(L) when is_list(L) do
IO.puts("List")
Enum.random(L)
end
def choice(a \\ -1, b \\ 1) do
IO.puts("2 params")
Enum.random([a,b])
end
Compiling warnings as following:
warning: this check/guard will always yield the same result
NF.exs:2
warning: incompatible types:
L !~ [dynamic()]
in expression:
# NF.exs:2
is_list(L)
Results of executions are strange to me, it seems only last function is matched
2 params
1
…
2 params
[-2, 2]
…
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moogle19
Upper case is reserved for module names. Variable have to be lowercase.
If you change your function like this, it should work:
def choice(l) when is_list(l) do
IO.puts("List")
Enum.random(l)
end
2
rrrr
Thanks a lot!
I had a shadow of knowledge of not using Capital names, it haven’t materialized yet)
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