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# Expose Internal Representation
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Elixir is a language that has strong support for metaprogramming. It
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provides easy access to an internal representation of the code in the form
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of an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) using maps and keyword lists. The `quote`
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macro is used to expose this internal representation.
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```elixir
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> quote do: 2 * 2
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{:*, [context: Elixir, import: Kernel], [2, 2]}
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> quote do: 2 * 2 == 4
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{:==, [context: Elixir, import: Kernel],
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[{:*, [context: Elixir, import: Kernel], [2, 2]}, 4]}
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```
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[source](http://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/meta/quote-and-unquote.html)
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