[erlang-questions] map over bitstring

[rgowka1]

Thanks, that was really helpful.

One more question, how do I zip on two bitstrings.

On 10/21/10, Jesper Louis Andersen <jesper.louis.andersen@REDACTED> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 9:56 PM, rgowka1 <rgowka1@REDACTED> wrote:
>> Hi -
>>
>> How do I map a function over a bitstring without converting into string or
>> list.
>>
>> For example - how can I replace << "a" >> with << "X" >> and any other
>> character to << "Y" >>??
>>
>> InBin = << "abcaa" >>
>>
>> OutBin = << "XYYXX" >>
>
> The trick is Binary Comprehensions or by using the (R14B) binary
> module. Here is a solution using the Binary Comprehensions:
>
> 3> << <<case X of $a -> $X; _ -> $Y end>> || <<X>> <= <<"abcaa" >> >>.
> <<"XYYXX">>
>
> --
> J.
>