[erlang-questions] Wildcard matching a list of strings vs atoms/binaries

[Yogish Baliga]

This will do instead

1> X = [a, b, c].
[a,b,c]
2> Y = [a, b, c, d].
[a,b,c,d]
3> X == lists:sublist(Y, length(X)).
true


On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Olav Frengstad <olav@REDACTED> wrote:

> Hey Ivan,
>
> Please correct me if I'm wrong, but when composing the match from an
> existing variable AFAIK there is no other way:
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> 1> X = [a, b, c].
> [a,b,c]
> 2> [X | _] = [a, b, c, d].
> ** exception error: no match of right hand side value [a,b,c,d]
>
>
>
> 2013/4/17 Ivan Carmenates García <co7eb@REDACTED>
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>> Greetings Olav,****
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>> I don’t understand why you try to math using that kind pattern, you can
>> use the common way.****
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>> Instead of using ([0,1,2] ++ _) = [0,1,2,3,4] you can use  [0,1,2| _] =
>> [0,1,2,3,4] pattern matching.****
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>> Best,****
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>> Ivan.****
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>> *De:* erlang-questions-bounces@REDACTED [mailto:
>> erlang-questions-bounces@REDACTED] *En nombre de *Olav Frengstad
>> *Enviado el:* miércoles, 17 de abril de 2013 16:27
>> *Para:* erlang-questions@REDACTED Questions
>> *Asunto:* [erlang-questions] Wildcard matching a list of strings vs
>> atoms/binaries****
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>> ** **
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>> Hey,****
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>> I'm getting some unexpected behavior when trying to pattern match the
>> head of a list.****
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>> When matching against a list of integers I can successfully do a wildcard
>> match:****
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>> 27> ("ab ++ _)  = "abcd".****
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>> But when trying to do the same with a list of atoms i get the error: * 1:
>> illegal pattern:****
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>> 28>  ([a,b,c] ++ _) = [a,b,c,d].****
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>> * 1: illegal pattern****
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>> So just making sure there's no magic in string matching i also try with
>> an actual list of integers:****
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>> 29> ([0,1,2] ++ _) = [0,1,2,3,4].  ****
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>> [0,1,2,3,4]****
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>> Why can't I pattern match a lists with other values integers?****
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>> What i'm looking to achieve is to provide wildcard matching on a
>> gen_event handler so I can do matches like this:****
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>> handle_event((Match ++ _), State#state{match = Match}) ->****
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>> % handle****
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>> Any other alternatives is appreciated, current implementation uses
>> lists:suffix/2****
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>> --
>> Med Vennlig Hilsen****
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>> Olav Frengstad****
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