Kernel.is_binary

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Specs

is_binary(term()) :: boolean()

Returns true if term is a binary; otherwise returns false.

A binary always contains a complete number of bytes.

Allowed in guard tests. Inlined by the compiler.

Examples

iex> is_binary("foo")
true
iex> is_binary(<<1::3>>)
false