Using Comprehensions

Learn to use Elixir's comprehensions.

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for

Elixir has the for special form that offers a shortcut syntax over the most basic operations of enumerables, it is also known as a comprehension. We can iterate, map, and filter easily. Take a look:

iex> for a <- ["dogs", "cats", "flowers"], do: String.upcase(a) 
#Output -> ["DOGS", "CATS", "FLOWERS"]

The expression after for is a generator expression that will assign each item of the list to the variable a. The result of the expression in the do option will be in the new list. We can have more than one generator:

iex> for a <- ["Willy", "Anna"], b <- ["Math", "English"], do: {a, b}
#Output -> [{"Willy", "Math"}, {"Willy", "English"}, {"Anna", "Math"}, {"Anna", "English"}]

We’ve associated each student with a discipline using two generators.

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