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<cref>
<header>
<copyright>
<year>1996</year><year>2016</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
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</legalnotice>
<title>erl_format</title>
<prepared>Torbjörn Törnkvist</prepared>
<responsible>Torbjörn Törnkvist</responsible>
<docno></docno>
<approved>Bjarne Däcker</approved>
<checked>Torbjörn Törnkvist</checked>
<date>1996-10-16</date>
<rev>A</rev>
<file>erl_format.xml</file>
</header>
<lib>erl_format</lib>
<libsummary>Create and match Erlang terms.</libsummary>
<description>
<p>This module contains two routines: one general function for
creating Erlang terms and one for pattern matching Erlang terms.</p>
</description>
<funcs>
<func>
<name since=""><ret>ETERM *</ret><nametext>erl_format(FormatStr, ...)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Create an Erlang term.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>char *FormatStr;</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>A general function for creating Erlang terms using
a format specifier and a corresponding set of arguments, much
in the way <c>printf()</c> works.</p>
<p><c>FormatStr</c> is a format specification string.
The valid format specifiers are as follows:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item><c>~i</c> - Integer</item>
<item><c>~f</c> - Floating point</item>
<item><c>~a</c> - Atom</item>
<item><c>~s</c> - String</item>
<item><c>~w</c> - Arbitrary Erlang term</item>
</list>
<p>For each format specifier included in <c>FormatStr</c>,
there must be a corresponding argument following
<c>FormatStr</c>. An Erlang term is built according to
<c>FormatStr</c> with values and Erlang terms substituted
from the corresponding arguments, and according to the individual
format specifiers. For example:</p>
<code type="none"><![CDATA[
erl_format("[{name,~a},{age,~i},{data,~w}]",
"madonna",
21,
erl_format("[{adr,~s,~i}]","E-street",42));
]]></code>
<p>This creates an <c>(ETERM *)</c> structure corresponding
to the Erlang term
<c>[{name,madonna},{age,21},{data,[{adr,"E-street",42}]}]</c></p>
<p>The function returns an Erlang term, or <c>NULL</c> if
<c>FormatStr</c> does not describe a valid Erlang
term.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name since=""><ret>int</ret><nametext>erl_match(Pattern, Term)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Perform pattern matching.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>ETERM *Pattern,*Term;</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>This function is used to perform pattern matching similar
to that done in Erlang. For matching rules and more examples, see
section <seealso marker="doc/reference_manual:patterns">
Pattern Matching</seealso> in the Erlang Reference Manual.</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item><c>Pattern</c> is an Erlang term, possibly
containing unbound variables.</item>
<item><c>Term</c> is an Erlang term that we wish to match
against <c>Pattern</c>.</item>
</list>
<p><c>Term</c> and <c>Pattern</c> are compared
and any unbound variables in <c>Pattern</c> are bound to
corresponding values in <c>Term</c>.</p>
<p>If <c>Term</c> and <c>Pattern</c> can be
matched, the function returns a non-zero value and binds any unbound
variables in <c>Pattern</c>. If <c>Term</c>
and <c>Pattern</c> do
not match, <c>0</c> is returned. For example:</p>
<code type="none"><![CDATA[
ETERM *term, *pattern, *pattern2;
term1 = erl_format("{14,21}");
term2 = erl_format("{19,19}");
pattern1 = erl_format("{A,B}");
pattern2 = erl_format("{F,F}");
if (erl_match(pattern1, term1)) {
/* match succeeds:
* A gets bound to 14,
* B gets bound to 21
*/
...
}
if (erl_match(pattern2, term1)) {
/* match fails because F cannot be
* bound to two separate values, 14 and 21
*/
...
}
if (erl_match(pattern2, term2)) {
/* match succeeds and F gets bound to 19 */
...
}
]]></code>
<p><c>erl_var_content()</c> can be used to retrieve the
content of any variables bound as a result of a call to
<c>erl_match()</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
</funcs>
</cref>
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