[erlang-questions] record with dynamic item name

[Roberto Ostinelli]

Hi list,

is there any way to retrieve a record item whose identifier is in a
variable? For instance:

-record(state, {
    type = 1
}).

These do not work:

Type = type,
Val = #state.Type.

nor

#state{Type = Val}.

I have a routine which basically just needs to lookup record items and I'd
like to avoid writing 20 time the same code just because Type changes.

Thank you,

r.
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