Print Information about an Elixir Data Type
IEx ships with a neat feature, def i(term \\ v(-1))
, which provides information about an argument. Here are two examples:
iex(1)> i ["one", "two"]
Term
["one", "two"]
Data type
List
Reference modules
List
Implemented protocols
IEx.Info, Collectable, Enumerable, Inspect, List.Chars, String.Chars
iex(1)> i "three"
Term
"three"
Data type
BitString
Byte size
5
Description
This is a string: a UTF-8 encoded binary. It's printed surrounded by
"double quotes" because all UTF-8 encoded codepoints in it are printable.
Raw representation
<<116, 104, 114, 101, 101>>
Reference modules
String, :binary
Implemented protocols
IEx.Info, Collectable, Inspect, List.Chars, String.Chars
Use this to inspect an item, or learn more about Elixir.
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