[erlang-questions] Matching binaries and shadowed variables

[Ivan Uemlianin]

You can match A like this:

 > A = <<"hello">>.
 > ASize = size(A).
 > lists:map(fun (<<A:ASize/binary, _/binary>>) -> match;
 >               (_) -> nomatch end,
 >           [<<"hello world">>, <<"nohello">>]).
 > [match,match]

Ivan

(Sorry if someone else has replied to this)


On 27/11/2013 18:56, virtan wrote:
> Does anybody know why there is a such thing as shadowed variables in Erlang?
> What was the reason to prevent typical "matching" approach for closures?
>
> It is even more unclear in matching binaries:
>
> 1> A = <<"hello">>, ASize = size(A),
>        lists:map(
>            fun (<<A1:ASize/binary, _/binary>>) when A1 == A -> match;
>                  (_) -> nomatch end,
>            [<<"hello world">>, <<"nohello">>]).
> [match,nomatch]
> 2>
>
> You can't use A instead of A1 (it creates new variable, shadowing outer A),
> but should use ASize inside the pattern (otherwise you'll get unbound error during compilation).
>

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