[erlang-questions] literal character syntax

[Magnus Henoch]

Sean Cribbs <sean@REDACTED> writes:

> They are incredibly useful in pattern-matching simple string arguments. e.g.
>
> case erlang:system_info(version) of
>     [$5, $., $1, $0 | _ ] -> ok;
>     _ -> fail
> end

In this case, you could in fact write it like this instead:

case erlang:system_info(version) of
    "5.10" ++ _ -> ok;
    _ -> fail
end

Regards,
Magnus