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Created June 5, 2015 17:10
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unicode_pattern_matching.exs
iex> <<first, rest::binary>> = "☺ how dare you, unicode!"
"☺ how dare you, unicode!"
iex> <<first>>
<<226>>
iex> rest
<<152, 186, 32, 104, 111, 119, 32, 100, 97, 114, 101, 32, 121, 111, 117, 44, 32, 117, 110, 105, 99, 111, 100, 101, 33>>
iex> <<first::utf8, rest::binary>> = "☺ how dare you, unicode!"
"☺ how dare you, unicode!"
iex> <<first::utf8>>
"☺"
iex> rest
" how dare you, unicode!"
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