[erlang-questions] confused by the grammar of split_binary/2 in the example of mp3_sync

[Hynek Vychodil]

2008/10/12 lang qiu <qiulang@REDACTED>

> Hi,
>
> I am confused by the grammar of split_binary/2 in the example of mp3_sync
> in the book "Programming Erlang",
>
> get_word(N, Bin) ->
>    * {_,<<C:4/binary,_/binary>>} = split_binary(Bin, N), C.*
>
> I understand that *@spec split_binary(Bin, Pos)* -> {Bin1, Bin2} but how
> does the above clause work ? How does it make C get the first 4 bytes of Bin
> starting from N ?
>

get_word(N, Bin) ->
   * {_,<<C:4/binary,_/binary>>} = split_binary(Bin, N),
    C.

*is shorthand for:*

*get_word(N, Bin) ->
   * {Bin1, Bin2} = split_binary(Bin, N),
    **<<C:4/binary,_/binary>> = Bin2,*
*     C.*

Another way how to write it:

get_word(N, Bin) ->
   *<<_:N/binary, C:4/binary,_/binary>> = Bin,*
*    C.*


>
> Thanks!
>
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--Hynek (Pichi) Vychodil
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