Programming Elixir 1.2

Enum—Processing Collections

The Enum module is probably the most used of all the Elixir libraries. Employ it to iterate, filter, combine, split, and otherwise manipulate collections. Here are some common tasks:

• Convert any collection into a list:

  iex> list = Enum.to_list 1..5
  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

• Concatenate collections:

  iex> Enum.concat([1,2,3], [4,5,6])
  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  iex> Enum.concat [1,2,3], 'abc'
  [1, 2, 3, 97, 98, 99]

• Create collections whose elements are some function of the original:

  iex> Enum.map(list, &(&1 * 10))
  [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]
  iex> Enum.map(list, &String.duplicate("*", &1))
  ["*", "**", "***", "****", "*****"]

• Select elements by position or criteria:

  iex> Enum.at(10..20, 3)
  13
  iex> Enum.at(10..20, ...