[erlang-questions] Help with tuple pattern match?

[David Mercer]

1> Person={person,{name,{first,joe},{last,armstrong}},{footsize,42}}.

{person,{name,{first,joe},{last,armstrong}},{footsize,42}}

2> {_,{_,_,{_,Last}},_} = Person.

{person,{name,{first,joe},{last,armstrong}},{footsize,42}}

3> Last.

armstrong

 

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[mailto:erlang-questions-bounces@REDACTED] On Behalf Of Caitlin Gibbons
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Subject: [erlang-questions] Help with tuple pattern match?

 

Hi all.

I'm looking at:

Person={person,{name,{first,joe},{last,armstrong}},{footsize,42}}.

and trying to extract the value of 'last', i.e., 'armstrong'.

{_,{_,{_,{_,Last},_}=Person.

was unsuccessful. Any help?

Thanks,

Caitlin

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