[erlang-questions] How do I elegantly check many conditions?

[Gordon Guthrie]

Once more with feeling :(

check(UName, Email, Pwd) ->
  Fun = f({_, _, X}) -> X end,
  List = [{email, in_use, is_in_use_e(Email},
             {UName, not_valid, not_valid(UName)},
             {UName, in_use, is_in_use_u(UName)},
             {Pwd, not_suitable, is_not_strong(Pwd)}],
lists:filter(Fun, List).

Gordon


On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Gordon Guthrie <gordon@REDACTED>wrote:

> Sorry, pressed send too soon by mistake - this doesn't answer your
> question...
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Gordon Guthrie <gordon@REDACTED>wrote:
>
>> Ryegug
>> How about a single conditional on a tuple?
>>
>> check(Email, Username, Password) ->
>>      InUseE = check_in_use_email(Email),
>>      AlphaNum = check_is_alphanumeric(Username),
>>     InUseU = check_in_use_username(Username),
>>    StrongEnough = check_password(password),
>>
>>  case {InUseE, AlphaNum, InUseU, StrongEnough} of
>>      {true, true, true, true} -> true;
>>      _                             -> false
>> end.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:20 PM, ryeguy <ryeguy1@REDACTED> wrote:
>>
>>> So when a user sends a request to register an account, they send their
>>> username, password, email, and other info. The registration function
>>> must verify all of their data. An example would be:
>>>
>>>  - verify email not in use
>>>  - verify username not in use
>>>  - verify username is alphanumeric
>>>  - verify all fields are above X characters long
>>>  - verify all fields are less than Y characters long
>>>
>>> Now I don't want to have a 5 level deep if or case statement, but what
>>> other options do I have? Splitting it into separate functions sounds
>>> like a good idea, but then I just have to check the return value of
>>> the functions in some sort of conditional and it's back to the
>>> original problem.
>>>
>>> I could separate them into functions and then call an if statement
>>> with all of the conditionals OR'd together, but that wouldn't give me
>>> what I want because I need to be able to tell the user the specific
>>> error if there was one.
>>>
>>> How does one handle this kind of situation in erlang?
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