I have this sample data structure below. It is considered not empty if any of it’s Decimal values is greater than decimal <0> Please how would you check for that? My code below incorrectly returns false, when it should return true: def empty?(data) do if Enum.empty?(data) do true …

Please don’t paste huge iex dumps. Just explain your problem and requirements. Quick prototype: defmodule Something do def decimal_zero(), do: Decimal.new(0.0) def empty?(nil), do: true def empty?(%Decimal{} = d) do Decimal.cmp(d, decimal_zero()) == :eq end def empty?(list) when…

Thanks. This might not work. The structure I have is quite deep.

There are ways of saying this that sound less hostile.

[image] benwilson512: There are ways of saying this that sound less hostile. What would you propose? I was a bit sharp, but hostile… hm.

I’ll accept sharp in lieu of hostile. “What I wrote should cover the fundamental idea, see if you can extend it further on your own, and post back here if you run into issues.”

Point taken for the future. Thank you.

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dimitarvp June 6, 2018, 6:01pm 4

You were given a good start. You can do the rest easily.