[erlang-questions] String versus variable in binary literal

[Michel Rijnders]

Hi,

Confused newbie here. Can someone please explain the following:

1> <<"foo">>.
<<"foo">>
2> Foo = "foo".
"foo"
3> <<Foo>>.
** exception error: bad argument

What's the error in the last case?

Best,
Michel
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