Fl4m3Ph03n1x
Background
I have an ets table with several objects in it. I want to, with 1 single operation, retrieve all keys and objects my table has.
Using match
I tried using match like this:
table = :ets.new(:table, [:public])
:ets.insert(table, [{:a, 0}, {:b, 1}, {:c, 2}])
:ets.match(table, '$1')
However it always returns empty.
What am I doing wrong?
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benwilson512
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:ets.tab2listis the best way to dump a whole table. Setting that aside though, is the code you posted supposed to show the issue? You aren’t inserting anything into the table.Fl4m3Ph03n1x
Thanks for the answer !
(also, fixed the bug, thanks for spotting it, my bad!)
Sebb
for anyone (like me) wondering how this is done with
:detsl3nz
Btw, your mistake was that it is: