[erlang-questions] Erlang elseif

[John Hughes]

Here's another list-comprehension way

elseif(A) ->
    [io:format("Member of capital\n") || lists:member(A,?CAPS)],
    [io:format("Member of small\n") || lists:member(A,?SMALL)],
    [io:format("Member of nums\n") || lists:member(A,?NUMS)],
    ok.

OK, it's not else-if, rather a sequence of if-thens, but it does the same 
job and it's short and sweet.

John Hughes

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> Hi everyone I just joined the list and tried to search for information 
> about
> this but I could not find anything that answered my question. The thing is
> that I want a general way to branch the execution of my code based on the
> result on an expression. Very similar to how if works but I want to be 
> able
> to test expressions and not only guards. If you're thinking "then you have
> case" now look below at function elseif2() and you'll see my point.
>
> I wrote a couple of examples how to solve this but none of them really 
> feels
> right, the logic in what I'm trying to do is really REALLY not that
> complicated. The functions takes an argument and prints something based on
> what list the argument is a member of (if any). Like this:
>
> 42> e:elseif4($Q).
> Member of capital
>
>
> I would appreciate any input on this, even if it means you're bashing all 
> my
> examples below :-)
>
> BR,
> Daniel R?nnqvist