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elixir-koans/lib/koans/08_pattern_matching.ex
2016-03-21 21:39:57 +00:00

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Elixir

defmodule PatternMatching do
use Koans
koan "One matches one" do
assert match?(1, :__)
end
koan "A pattern can change" do
a = 1
assert a = :__
end
koan "A pattern can also be strict" do
a = 1
assert ^a = :__
end
koan "Patterns can be used to pull things apart" do
[head | tail] = [1,2,3,4]
assert head == :__
assert tail == :__
end
koan "And then put them back together" do
head = 1
tail = [2,3,4]
assert :__ == [head | tail]
end
koan "Some values can be ignored" do
[_first, _second, third, _fourth] = [1,2,3,4]
assert third == :__
end
koan "Strings come apart just a easily" do
"Shopping list: " <> items = "Shopping list: eggs, milk"
assert items == :__
end
koan "Patterns show what you really care about" do
%{make: make} = %{type: "car", year: 2016, make: "Honda", color: "black"}
assert make == :__
end
koan "The pattern can make assertions about what it expects" do
assert match?([1, _second, _third], :__)
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) == :__
assert make_noise(cat) == :__
assert make_noise(snake) == :__
end
koan "Errors are shaped differently than sucessful results" do
result = case Map.fetch(%{}, :obviously_not_a_key) do
:error -> "not present"
_ -> flunk("I should not happen")
end
assert result == :__
end
end