defmodule PatternMatching do use Koans koan "one matches one" do assert match?(1, 1) end koan "a pattern can change" do a = 1 assert a = 2 end koan "a pattern can also be strict" do a = 1 assert ^a = 2 end koan "patterns can be used to pull things apart" do [head | tail] = [1,2,3,4] assert head == 1 assert tail == [2,3,4] end koan "or put them back together" do head = 1 tail = [2,3,4] assert [1,2,3,4] == [head | tail] end koan "Some values can be irrelevant" do [_first, _second, third, _fourth] = [1,2,3,4] assert third == 3 end koan "strings come apart just a easily" do "Shopping list: " <> items = "Shopping list: eggs, milk" assert items == "eggs, milk" end koan "patterns show what you really care about" do %{make: make} = %{type: "car", year: 2016, make: "Honda", color: "black"} assert make == "Honda" end koan "the pattern can make assertions about what it expects" do the_list = [1, 2, 3] assert match?([1, _, _], the_list) refute match?([2, _, _], the_list) end def make_noise(%{type: "cat"}), do: "Meow" def make_noise(%{type: "dog"}), do: "Woof" def make_noise(_anything), do: "Eh?" koan "functions can declare what kind of arguments they accept" do dog = %{type: "dog", legs: 4, age: 9, color: "brown"} cat = %{type: "cat", legs: 4, age: 3, color: "grey"} snake = %{type: "snake", legs: 0, age: 20, color: "black"} assert make_noise(dog) == "Woof" assert make_noise(cat) == "Meow" assert make_noise(snake) == "Eh?" end koan "errors are shaped differently than sucessful results" do result = case Map.fetch(%{}, :obviously_not_a_key) do {:ok, val} -> val :error -> "not present" end assert result == "not present" end end