CODE EXAMPLE FOR ELIXIR

elixir function guards

defmodule Greeter do
  def hello(names) when is_list(names) do
    names = Enum.join(names, ", ")
    
    hello(names)
  end

  def hello(name) when is_binary(name) do
    phrase() <> name
  end

  defp phrase, do: "Hello, "
end

iex> Greeter.hello ["Sean", "Steve"]
# "Hello, Sean, Steve"