[erlang-questions] How to display a record ?

[Maria Christakis]

Hello,

Are you sure you used io:format("~p~n", [A]) rathen than 
io:format("~w~n", [A])?

Maria

info wrote:
> I tried but I obtain:
> {person,[106,111,104,110],[49,50,51,52]}ok
>
> Try this:
>
> io:format("~p~n", [A])
>
> Remember records are just tagged tuples at runtime, so you'll get 
> something like so:
>
> {person,"john","1234"}
>
> Sean
>
> Gamoto wrote:
>   
>> Hello,
>> Is it possible to display a record  instead of its content ?
>> Example:
>>
>> -record (person,{name,phone}).
>> init()- >
>> A=#person{name="john",phone="1234"},
>> io:format([A]), *** hangs ***
>> %% but
>> io:format("~s~n",[A1#person.phone]).     *** display phone ***
>>
>>
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