[erlang-questions] String pattern matching

[mats cronqvist]

"Kevin" <q2h46uw02@REDACTED> writes:

> Does this behavior make sense to somebody or is this sugar tasting sour?
>
>
> 25> "a"++B = "ab". 
> "ab"
> 26> A++"b" = "ab".
> * 1: illegal pattern
>
>
> I was just looking for an erlangy way to chomp the end of strings, like
>
> NewLine ++ "\r\n" = Line

 I use something like;
string:tokens("blafoo\r\n","\r\n").

  mats