Erlang Distributed Programming is_alive Method

Erlang Distributed Programming

If the local node is alive and can be part of a distributed system, it returns true. Otherwise, it returns false.

Syntax

is_alive()

Parameters

• None

Return Value

If the local node is active and can be part of a distributed system, it returns true. Otherwise, it returns false.

-module(helloworld).　
-export([start/0]).　
start()　->
　　　io:fwrite("~p",[is_alive()]).

Output Results

When we run the above program, we will get the following results.

false

Erlang Distributed Programming