Ch4s3 · September 22, 2020 21:34 · Sep 22, 2020
diff --git a/piping.ex b/piping.ex
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+defmodule Testing do
+  """
+  You can pipe straight into a case
+  Kernel.<<>>, the special form for binary pattern
+  matching can be used in a case match to 
+  split up incoming binaries, like this 
+  imaginary |~ delimited protocol.
+   
+    "fiexd_size_header|~some message"
+    
+  You can also pipe into an anonymous function
+  using |> ().() 
+  Kernel.& begins the capture and &1 captures
+  the piped arg
+  """
+  def pipes(input) do
+    input
+    |> case do
+      <<_header::binary-size(17), "|~", rest::binary>> ->
+        rest
+
+      _ ->
+        raise "Invalid"
+    end
+    |> (&{:ok, &1}).()
+  end
+end
+
+"""
+iex > Testing.pipes("fiexd_size_header|~some message")
+{:ok, "some message"}
+"""