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elixir-koans/lib/koans/09_pattern_matching.ex
2016-03-12 12:11:50 +00:00

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Elixir

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