Binaries, strings, and charlists — Elixir v1.17.0View Source Binaries, strings, and charlists In "Basic types", we learned a bit about strings and we used the is_binary/1 function for checks: iex> string = "hello" "hello" iex> is_binary(string) trueIn this chapter, we will gain clarity on what exactly binaries are, how they relate to strings, and what single-quoted values, 'like this', mean in Elixir. Although strings are one of the most common
