Atom

Convenience functions for working with atoms.

See also Kernel.is_atom/1.

Summary

Functions

to_charlist(atom)

Converts an atom to a charlist

to_string(atom)

Converts an atom to a string

Functions

to_charlist(atom)

to_charlist(atom()) :: charlist()

Converts an atom to a charlist.

Inlined by the compiler.

Examples

iex> Atom.to_charlist(:"An atom")
'An atom'

to_string(atom)

to_string(atom()) :: String.t()

Converts an atom to a string.

Inlined by the compiler.

Examples

iex> Atom.to_string(:foo)
"foo"