Pattern matching: Skipping the rest of a tuple

[Ulf Wiger]

Well, if you want to do something really absurd, try this:

Eshell V5.4.8  (abort with ^G)
1> rd(rec, {a,b,c}).
rec
2> R = #rec{a=1,b=2,c=3}.
#rec{a = 1,b = 2,c = 3}
3> MS = ets:match_spec_compile([{#rec{a=1,_='_'},[],[true]}]).
<<>>
4> ets:match_spec_run([R],MS).
[true]

13> MS2 =  
ets:match_spec_compile([{{rec1,1,'_'},[],[true]},{{rec2,1,'_','_'},[],
[true]}]).
<<>>
14> ets:match_spec_run([{rec1,1,2},{rec2,1,1,2}],MS2).
[true,true]


Actually executing match_spec_run/2 is most likely quite
efficient as well.  (:

/Uffe

Den 2005-12-28 20:19:54 skrev Joel Reymont <joelr1@REDACTED>:

> Folks,
>
> Is it possible to write a function to pattern-match on tuples of various  
> sizes _without_ using  element(X, Tuple)?
>
> I'm dealing with records of different length and would like to say  
> things like
>
> match({record1, _, 20, _/rest}) -> ...
> match({record2, 30, _/rest}) -> ...
> etc.
>
> I don't believe there is a syntax for "I don't care about the rest of  
> the tuple". It looks to me like I would need to supply _ for every  
> element that I'm ignoring.
>
> Is that right?
>
> I know about { ..., _ = _ } but I think it only works on assignment.
>
> 	Thanks, Joel
>
> --
> http://wagerlabs.com/
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Ulf Wiger