Getting Started with Erlang

User's Guide

Version 9.2

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Chapters

• Introduction
  • Top of chapter
  • Prerequisites
  • Omitted Topics
• Sequential Programming
  • Top of chapter
  • The Erlang Shell
  • Modules and Functions
  • Atoms
  • Tuples
  • Lists
  • Maps
  • Standard Modules and Manual Pages
  • Writing Output to a Terminal
  • A Larger Example
  • Matching, Guards, and Scope of Variables
  • More About Lists
  • If and Case
  • Built-In Functions (BIFs)
  • Higher-Order Functions (Funs)
• Concurrent Programming
  • Top of chapter
  • Processes
  • Message Passing
  • Registered Process Names
  • Distributed Programming
  • A Larger Example
• Robustness
  • Top of chapter
  • Time-outs
  • Error Handling
  • The Larger Example with Robustness Added
• Records and Macros
  • Top of chapter
  • The Larger Example Divided into Several Files
  • Header Files
  • Records
  • Macros

Getting Started with Erlang User's Guide

Version 9.2

October 7, 2026