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Macros and Operators

Explore how to use macros in Elixir to override unary and binary operators, enabling custom behavior in your code. Understand the lexical scoping of operator overrides and practice redefining operators like addition for unique functionality.

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We can override the unary and binary operators in Elixir using macros. To do so, we need to remove any existing definition first.

Overriding operators example

For example, the operator + (which adds two numbers) is defined in the ...