Études for Elixir

Appendix A. Solutions to Études

Here are the solutions that I came up with for the études in this book.

Solution 2-1

Here is a suggested solution for Étude 2-1.

geom.ex

defmodule Geom do
  def area(length, width) do
    length * width
  end
end

Solution 2-2

Here is a suggested solution for Étude 2-2.

geom.ex

defmodule Geom do
  def area(length \\ 1, width \\ 1) do
    length * width
  end
end

Solution 2-3

Here is a suggested solution for Étude 2-3.

geom.ex

defmodule Geom do
  @moduledoc """
  Functions for calculating areas of geometric shapes.

  from *Études for Elixir*, O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2013.
  Copyright 2013 by J. David Eisenberg.
  """
  @vsn 0.1

  @doc """
  Calculates the area of a rectangle, given the length and width.
  Returns the product of its arguments. The default value for
  both arguments is 1.
  """

  @spec area(number(), number()) :: number()

  def area(length \\ 1, width \\ 1) do
    length * width
  end
end

Solution 3-1

Here is a suggested solution for Étude 3-1.

geom.ex

defmodule Geom do @moduledoc """ Functions for calculating areas of geometric shapes. from *Études for Elixir*, O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2013. Copyright 2013 by J. David Eisenberg. """ @vsn 0.1 @doc """ Calculates the area of a shape, given the shape and two of the dimensions. Returns the product of its arguments for a rectangle, one half the product of the arguments for a triangle, and :math.pi times the product of the arguments for an ellipse. """ @spec area(atom(), number(), number()) :: number() def area(:rectangle, length, width) do length * width end ...