Erlang Distributed Programming spawn Node Method

Distributed Programming in Erlang

This is used to create a new process on a node.

Syntax

spawn(Node,Function)

Parameters

• Node − Node on which the function needs to be generated.

• Function − Function to be spawned.

Return Value

This method returns a process ID.

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

Output Result

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

“Hello”

Distributed Programming in Erlang