Elixir Language IEx Console Tips & Tricks See information with `i`
Example
iex(1)> i :ok
Term
:ok
Data type
Atom
Reference modules
Atom
iex(2)> x = "mystring"
"mystring"
iex(3)> i x
Term
"mystring"
Data type
BitString
Byte size
8
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
<<109, 121, 115, 116, 114, 105, 110, 103>>
Reference modules
String, :binary
