Operators
Learn about different kinds of Elixir operators and their usage.
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An operator is used to manipulate individual data items and return a result. These items are called operands or arguments. Operators are represented by special characters or keywords.
For example, the multiplication operator is represented by an asterisk (*
). Elixir has a very rich set of operators. Here’s a list of all operators that Elixir is capable of parsing, ordered from higher to lower precedence, alongside their associativity:
- Comparison operators
- Boolean operators
- Relaxed boolean operators
- Arithmetic operators
Let’s cover them in detail.
Comparison operators
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a===b
shows the strict equality (so1 ===
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