The reduce Function
Explore how to apply the reduce function in Elixir's Flow module for concurrent data processing. Understand how accumulators work in parallel processing and learn to address issues like duplicate results when using Flow.reduce. Gain practical skills to count and process data efficiently across multiple processes.
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Introduction
In addition to map and filter, the reduce function in the Enum module is another frequently used tool when working with data. It is also the backbone of other functions in this module, including group_by, uniq_by, and take_sort. This section shows how to use Flow.reduce/3 to count the number of working airports in each country present in the dataset, in parallel. Then, we’ll move on to other convenience functions to group and sort data.
How reduce works
Before we begin, it’s useful to understand ...