Elixir Basics

Built-in Types

Integers

  1234, 1_000_000

Floating-point numbers

  1.0, 0.2345

Atoms (symbols)

  :jason, :is_binary?, :<>

Ranges

  start..end

Regular Expressions (Use the Regex module)

  ~r{regexp}opts

- Ordered collection of Values
ex: { :ok, 42, "next" }
ex: iex> { :ok, file } = File.open("Rakefile")

- Contain a head and a tail (is itself a list)
ex: [ 1, 2, 3]

- Collection of key/value pairs
ex: %{ key => value, key => value}