Elixir Process ID to List, Tuple, String

ex_tool_chest_pid.ex

# Procss ID Util Functions as seen here: https://github.com/cdesch/ex_tool_chest
# Elixir Process ID Parsing to Tuple, List or String
# Related: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70102293/transform-process-id-pid-in-elixir-to-tuple-or-string-parse-pid-to-other

  # ExToolChest.Util.pid_to_string(self())
  def pid_to_string(pid) do
    pid_inspection = "#{inspect pid}" # gives the string "#PID<0.105.0>"
    pid_inspection
      |> String.slice(5, 100)
      |> String.trim(">")
  end

  # ExToolChest.Util.pid_to_list(self())
  def pid_to_list(pid) do
    pid_inspection = "#{inspect pid}" # gives the string "#PID<0.105.0>"
    pid_inspection
      |> String.slice(5, 100)
      |> String.trim(">")
      |> String.split(".")
      |> Enum.map(fn x -> String.to_integer(x) end)
  end

  #ExToolChest.Util.pid_to_tuple(self())
  def pid_to_tuple(pid) do
    pid_inspection = "#{inspect pid}" # gives the string "#PID<0.105.0>"
    pid_inspection
      |> String.slice(5, 100)
      |> String.trim(">")
      |> String.split(".")
      |> Enum.map(fn x -> String.to_integer(x) end)
      |> List.to_tuple
  end