Category: 03. Elixir

Decision making structures require that the programmer specifies one or more conditions to be evaluated or tested by the program, along with a statement or statements to be executed if the condition is determined to be true, and optionally, other statements to be executed if the condition is determined to be false. Following is the general from…

Pattern matching is a technique which Elixir inherits form Erlang. It is a very powerful technique that allows us to extract simpler substructures from complicated data structures like lists, tuples, maps, etc. A match has 2 main parts, a left and a right side. The right side is a data structure of any kind. The left side attempts to…

An operator is a symbol that tells the compiler to perform specific mathematical or logical manipulations. There are a LOT of operators provided by elixir. They are divided in the following categories − Arithmetic Operators The following table shows all the arithmetic operators supported by Elixir language. Assume variable A holds 10 and variable B holds 20, then −…

A variable provides us with named storage that our programs can manipulate. Each variable in Elixir has a specific type, which determines the size and layout of the variable’s memory; the range of values that can be stored within that memory; and the set of operations that can be applied to the variable. Types of…

For using any language, you need to understand the basic data types the language supports. In this chapter, we will discuss 7 basic data types supported by the elixir language: integers, floats, Booleans, atoms, strings, lists and tuples. Numerical Types Elixir, like any other programming language, supports both integers and floats. If you open your…

We will start with the customary ‘Hello World’ program. To start the Elixir interactive shell, enter the following command. After the shell starts, use the IO.puts function to “put” the string on the console output. Enter the following in your Elixir shell − In this tutorial, we will use the Elixir script mode where we will keep…

In order to run Elixir, you need to set it up locally on your system. To install Elixir, you will first require Erlang. On some platforms, Elixir packages come with Erlang in them. Installing Elixir Let us now understand the installation of Elixir in different Operating Systems. Windows Setup To install Elixir on windows, download…

Elixir is a dynamic, functional language designed for building scalable and maintainable applications. It leverages the Erlang VM, known for running low-latency, distributed and fault-tolerant systems, while also being successfully used in web development and the embedded software domain. Elixir is a functional, dynamic language built on top of Erlang and the Erlang VM. Erlang…