hassamullah
In the first code snippet in the NimbleCSV Docs
NimbleCSV.define(MyParser, separator: “\t”, escape: “"”)
I don’t know where the MyParser variable comes form, kindly guide me
FYI, I’m new to elixir and still figuring out its ways
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sodapopcan
Hello and welcome to the forums!
NimbleCSV uses a pattern that isn’t too common amongst libraries so your confusion is certainly understandable.
MyParseris not a variable but an atom. What that line is doing is actually defining a module calledMyParserwhich you can then use like so:MyParser.parse_string("foo,bar"). You can callMyParserwhatever you want.kip
MyParserisn’t a variable. It’s a module name (module names are also atoms).The docs for nimble_csv show that NimbleCsv.define/2 actually defines a new module, using the name you provide (in the example, its
MyParser) that implements a parser using the options you pass.Thats why you call
MyParser.parse_string/1to do the actual parsing of some CSV data.MyParseris just a regular Elixir module that just happened to be generated for you.