User's Guide
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Erlang Reference Manual
User's Guide
Version 5.7.5
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Chapters
Introduction
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Purpose
Prerequisites
Document Conventions
Complete List of BIFs
Reserved Words
Character Set
Data Types
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Terms
Number
Atom
Bit Strings and Binaries
Reference
Fun
Port Identifier
Pid
Tuple
List
String
Record
Boolean
Escape Sequences
Type Conversions
Pattern Matching
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Pattern Matching
Modules
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Module Syntax
Module Attributes
Comments
The module_info/0 and module_info/1 functions
Functions
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Function Declaration Syntax
Function Evaluation
Tail recursion
Built-In Functions, BIFs
Types and Function Specifications
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Introduction of Types
Types and their Syntax
Type declarations of user-defined types
Type information in record declarations
Specifications (contracts) for functions
Expressions
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Expression Evaluation
Terms
Variables
Patterns
Match
Function Calls
If
Case
Send
Receive
Term Comparisons
Arithmetic Expressions
Boolean Expressions
Short-Circuit Expressions
List Operations
Bit Syntax Expressions
Fun Expressions
Catch and Throw
Try
Parenthesized Expressions
Block Expressions
List Comprehensions
Bit String Comprehensions
Guard Sequences
Operator Precedence
The Preprocessor
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File Inclusion
Defining and Using Macros
Predefined Macros
Macros Overloading
Flow Control in Macros
Stringifying Macro Arguments
Records
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Defining Records
Creating Records
Accessing Record Fields
Updating Records
Records in Guards
Records in Patterns
Internal Representation of Records
Errors and Error Handling
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Terminology
Exceptions
Handling of Run-Time Errors in Erlang
Exit Reasons
Processes
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Processes
Process Creation
Registered Processes
Process Termination
Message Sending
Links
Error Handling
Monitors
Process Dictionary
Distributed Erlang
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Distributed Erlang System
Nodes
Node Connections
epmd
Hidden Nodes
C Nodes
Security
Distribution BIFs
Distribution Command Line Flags
Distribution Modules
Compilation and Code Loading
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Compilation
Code Loading
Code Replacement
Running a function when a module is loaded
Ports and Port Drivers
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Ports
Port Drivers
Port BIFs
Erlang Reference Manual User's Guide
Version 5.7.5
February 22 2010