erix
I have a map:
@legacy %{
wooabsa: "woocommerce_gateway_absa",
woocommerce_absa: "woocommerce_gateway_absa",
woompesa: "woocommerce_gateway_mpesa",
woocommerce_mpesa: "woocommerce_gateway_mpesa",
wookopokopo: "woocommerce_gateway_kopokopo",
woocommerce_kopokopo: "woocommerce_gateway_kopokopo",
givempesa: "mpesa_for_givewp",
}
In PHP, I could reference a map (an object) dynamically:
$legacy = (object) array(
'wooabsa' => 'woocommerce_gateway_absa',
'woocommerce_absa' => 'woocommerce_gateway_absa',
'woompesa' => 'woocommerce_gateway_mpesa',
'woocommerce_mpesa' => 'woocommerce_gateway_mpesa',
'wookopokopo' => 'woocommerce_gateway_kopokopo',
'woocommerce_kopokopo' => 'woocommerce_gateway_kopokopo',
'givempesa' => 'mpesa_for_givewp',
);
$get_dynamically = "wooabsa"
$value = $legacy->{$get_dynamically} # value would be woocommerce_gateway_absa
How can I dynamically set an atom.. or the map key?
I have tried the following (each line is a separate try):
p = data.payload.l # input to the program
IO.puts("#{p} = " <> @legacy[:"woocommerce_absa"]) # works: mpesa_for_givewp = woocommerce_gateway_absa
IO.puts("#{p} = " <> "@legacy[:#{p}]") # works: mpesa_for_givewp = @legacy[:mpesa_for_givewp]
IO.puts("#{p} = " <> Map.get( @legacy, p )) # ArgumentError
IO.puts("#{p} = " <> Map.get( @legacy, ":#{p}" )) # ArgumentError
IO.puts("#{p} = " <> @legacy[:"#{p}"]) # ArgumentError
IO.puts("#{p} = " <> @legacy[":#{p}"]) # ArgumentError
IO.puts("#{p} = " <> @legacy[String.to_atom(p)]) # ArgumentError
# The ArgumentError
** (ArgumentError) construction of binary failed: segment 3 of type 'binary': expected a binary but got: nil
Is there a way to dynamically reference an atom map key?
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erix
Please disregard.. I’ve just seen my mistake..
p == mpesa_for_givewpwhich does not exist in the map..dimitarvp
Can you show the actual value of the
pvariable?As you have found out, there are a number of perfectly valid ways to get data from a map with a key that’s stored in a variable.