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Erlang (programming language)/Tutorials/ETS
From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium
ETS local data storage
ETS is the erlang table storage system, which provides hash storage and access functions. ETS data is stored in a process as long as it is running. Here is a sample of how to use some simple functions in ETS
Sample program: test_ets.erl
-module(test_ets).
-compile(export_all).
start() -> start( mouse ).
start( Animal ) ->
Kingdom = ets:new( 'magic', [] ),
% note: table is not square
populate( Kingdom, [{micky,mouse}, {mini,mouse}, {goofy}] ),
Member = ets:member( Kingdom, micky ),
io:format( " member ~w ~n ", [ Member ] ),
show_next_key( Kingdom, micky ),
find_animal( Kingdom, Animal ).
show_next_key( _Kingdom, '$end_of_table' ) -> done;
show_next_key( Kingdom, Key) ->
Next = ets:next( Kingdom, Key ),
io:format( " next ~w ~n ", [ Next ] ),
show_next_key( Kingdom, Next ).
populate( _Kingdom, [] ) -> {done,start};
populate( Kingdom, [H | T] ) ->
ets:insert( Kingdom, H ),
populate( Kingdom, T ).
find_animal( Kingdom, Animal ) ->
ets:match( Kingdom, { '$1', Animal } ).
% ============== % sample output % ============== % 53> test_ets:start(). % member true % next mini % next goofy % next '$end_of_table' % [[mini],[micky]]
Advanced options
There are a number of options for ets data.
Data structure options include: set, ordered set, bag, and duplicate bag. A set has only unique keys and values. A sorted version of set exists. A bag can have duplicate keys. A duplicate bag can have duplicate keys and values.
set [{zod, alice},{smith, joe}]
ordered set [{smith, joe},{zod, alice}]
bag [{smith, joe},{smith, ann}]
duplicate bag [{smith, joe},{smith, joe]]
Access options include: private, protected, and public. Private ets data is limited to the owning process. Protected ets tables are readable by other processes. Public ets tables have read and write access by other processes.
The options are passed in the List_of_options.
ets:new( 'magic', List_of_options)
An empty List_of_options leaves the default values active:
[set, protected, {keypos,1}]
