[erlang-questions] Pattern-matching function?

[Francois De Serres]

Hi there.

I need a function that actually does pattern matching: pm(Tuple, Pattern)->MatchedPattern|error
> pm({a,b,c}, {a,X,Y}).
{a,b,c}
>X.
b
> pm({a,b,c}, {b,X,Y}).
{error, badmatch}
> pm({a,b,c}, {a,X}).
{error, badmatch}
etc.

This trivial code works only with the empty tuple/pattern :
pm(T,P) ->
    P = T, P.
because pattern variables (X, Y) are unbound at function call.

I tried to find a hint in the libs with no avail.
If anyone has a lead, can you please put me on track?

Thanks,
--
Francois

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