Hi, I’m studying Chris Liveview Todo_Trek code and I came across this line todo_trek/repo.ex at main · chrismccord/todo_trek · GitHub
I can’t wrap my head around {struct, id}. How does it work? where does struct come from?
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def multi_transaction_lock(multi, name, %struct{id: id}) when is_integer(id) do
multi_transaction_lock(multi, name, {struct, id})
end
Elixir lets you pattern match out the name of the struct and assign it to a value within the function head itself. Take a look at foo and bar in the example below.
defmodule Example, do: defstruct [:id]
defmodule Pattern, do: def match(%foo{id: bar}), do: IO.puts("foo = #{foo} & bar = #{bar}")
Pattern.match(%Example{id: "1"})
=> foo = Elixir.Example & bar = 1
For more, here’s another relevant forum post:
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