Erlang Distributed Programming spawn Method

Distributed Programming in Erlang

This is used to create a new process and initialize it.

Syntax

spawn(Function)

Parameter

• Function −Function to be generated.

Return Value

This method returns a process ID.

-module(helloworld).　
-export([start/0]).　
start()　->
　　　spawn(fun()　->　server("Hello")　end).　
server(Message)　->
　　　io:fwrite("~p",[Message]).

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

“Hello”

Distributed Programming in Erlang