defmodule Agents do use Koans @intro "Agents" koan "Agents maintain state, so you can ask them about it" do {:ok, pid} = Agent.start_link(fn -> "Hi there" end) assert Agent.get(pid, & &1) == ___ end koan "Agents may also be named so that you don't have to keep the pid around" do Agent.start_link(fn -> "Why hello" end, name: AgentSmith) assert Agent.get(AgentSmith, & &1) == ___ end koan "Update to update the state" do Agent.start_link(fn -> "Hi there" end, name: __MODULE__) Agent.update(__MODULE__, fn old -> String.upcase(old) end) assert Agent.get(__MODULE__, & &1) == ___ end koan "Use get_and_update when you need to read and change a value in one go" do Agent.start_link(fn -> ["Milk"] end, name: __MODULE__) old_list = Agent.get_and_update(__MODULE__, fn old -> {old, ["Bread" | old]} end) assert old_list == ___ assert Agent.get(__MODULE__, & &1) == ___ end koan "Somebody has to switch off the light at the end of the day" do {:ok, pid} = Agent.start_link(fn -> ["Milk"] end, name: __MODULE__) Agent.stop(__MODULE__) assert Process.alive?(pid) == ___ end end