tushar

tushar

How do I pattern match in multi-level nested maps

Suppose this is my map , 
mymap = %{a: "xxx" , b: %{k1: "k1" , k2: "k2" , c: %{k3: "k3", k4: "k4"}}}

When I do this , I get an  error , 

** %{a: v1, b: %{k1: v2, k2: v3, c: %{k3: v4, k4: v4}}} = mymap **

** (MatchError) no match of right hand side value: %{a: "xxx", b: %{c: %{k3: "k3", k4: "k4"}, k1: "k1", k2: "k2"}}
    (stdlib) erl_eval.erl:453: :erl_eval.expr/5
    (iex) lib/iex/evaluator.ex:257: IEx.Evaluator.handle_eval/5
    (iex) lib/iex/evaluator.ex:237: IEx.Evaluator.do_eval/3
    (iex) lib/iex/evaluator.ex:215: IEx.Evaluator.eval/3
    (iex) lib/iex/evaluator.ex:103: IEx.Evaluator.loop/1
    (iex) lib/iex/evaluator.ex:27: IEx.Evaluator.init/4

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NobbZ

NobbZ

You ask here that :k3 and :k4 have values that meatch.

tushar

tushar OP

Extremely sorry for the typo , if I extend to below

mymap = %{a: "xxx" , b: %{k1: "k1" , k2: "k2" , c: %{k3: "k3", k4: "k4"}, d: %{k5: "k5", k6: "k6"}}}

Here "b" has multiple sub maps within it , the below pattern match fails ,

%{a: v1, b: %{k1: v2, k2: v3, c: %{k3: v4, k4: v4}, d: %{k5: v5, k6: v6}}} = mymap 
** (MatchError) no match of right hand side value: %{a: "xxx", b: %{c: %{k3: "k3", k4: "k4"}, d: %{k5: "k5", k6: "k6"}, k1: "k1", k2: "k2"}}
    (stdlib) erl_eval.erl:453: :erl_eval.expr/5
    (iex) lib/iex/evaluator.ex:257: IEx.Evaluator.handle_eval/5
    (iex) lib/iex/evaluator.ex:237: IEx.Evaluator.do_eval/3
    (iex) lib/iex/evaluator.ex:215: IEx.Evaluator.eval/3
    (iex) lib/iex/evaluator.ex:103: IEx.Evaluator.loop/1
    (iex) lib/iex/evaluator.ex:27: IEx.Evaluator.init/4

How do I pattern match if there are multiple sub maps within a map ?

mentero

mentero

you still didn’t fix the typo. You ask that k3: and k4: both have the same value v4 but then pass "k3" and "k4 as the values. Your pattern is OK, your data simply doesn’t match.

patrickdm

patrickdm

Again, like Noobz wrote you need k3 and k4 values to be the same here. You need another variable vX to match k4 values if it has to be distinct from k3’s

tushar

tushar OP

Apologies , it was indeed the typo causing the issue :weary:

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