nikiiv
I am learning Elixir and I wonder why I can’t use anon function in a pipe but must use the then macro
For example this works
“Hello” |> String.reverse |> String.upcase |> then(&(“Weird text #{&1}”))
But of course this does not
“Hello” |> String.reverse |> String.upcase |> &(“Weird text #{&1}”)
Even in a module I need to access the function with the module prefix
defmodule Test do
def fx(x) do
"Weird Text #{x}"
end
def try(str) do
str
|> String.upcase
|> String.reverse
|> Test.fx #<--- this line
end
end
If i don’t use fx it doesn’t 'compile"
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derek-zhou
You can’t because the compiler says so, A programming language is not a natural language.
You can pipe to a closure if it is assigned to a variable
Marcus
From the Elixir documentation for left |> right
Your first example would looks like
You module should work with that changes:
hst337
No, you don’t. Perhaps you have some other error
nikiiv
You are correct.. I don’t know what was the problem
The first one is the one I am struggling with
nikiiv
Thank you..,