Retrieve a Task’s Results
Explore how to use Task.async/1 in Elixir to run functions concurrently and retrieve their results. Understand the components of the Task struct, limitations of Task.start/1, and how to manage background tasks effectively.
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The Task.async/1 task
To retrieve the result of a function, we use Task.async/1. It returns a %Task{} struct which we can assign to a variable for later use. We can give it a try in IEx like this:
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Here is the output we get:
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