What's the difference between variable binding and assignment?

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The code you showed works. However, we usually try to reduce the number of single use variables. So, the “Elixir way” of writing that code is

var1 = 
  123
  |> get_new_value(:something)
  |> get_new_value(:something2)

Furthermore, if it was the last statement in a function, then we would drop the var1 like this:

def my_fun do
  # ...
  123
   |> get_new_value(:something)
   |> get_new_value(:something2)
end