[erlang-questions] How to pass the length of binary to match into a function that matches the binary?

[Russell Brown]

On 24 Nov 2014, at 13:26, Ulf Wiger <ulf@REDACTED> wrote:

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> On 24 Nov 2014, at 13:56, Russell Brown <russelldb@REDACTED> wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> Is there a way to do this:
>> 
>> my_fun(Bin, Len, <<Bin:Len/binary, Rest/binary>>) ->
>> 	%% do stuff with Bin
>> 	ok.
>> 
>> Len is unbound is the reason I can’t, but it seems like the sort of thing that would be useful if I could.
> 
> Yes, it’s slightly unfortunate, but you can write:
> 
> my_fun(B, Len, Binary) ->
>    case Binary of
>        <<B:Len/binary, Rest/binary>> ->
>            %% do stuff with B
>            ok;
>        …
>    end.

This is what I went with. Thanks Ulf

Russell

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> BR,
> Ulf W
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> Ulf Wiger, Co-founder & Developer Advocate, Feuerlabs Inc.
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