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Learn Functional Programming with Elixir

Using Comprehensions

Explore how to use Elixir's for comprehensions to iterate over lists, apply transformations, filter data, and combine multiple enumerables efficiently. Understand generator expressions, pattern matching filters, and how comprehensions simplify working with collections.

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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:
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