Pattern Sequences

In some cases you may need to specify pattern sequences that are more intricate than things like x__ or x..; for such situations you can use PatternSequence[p1,p2,…].

PatternSequence[p1,p2,…]a sequence of arguments matching p1,p2,…

Pattern sequences.

This defines a function with two or more arguments, grouping the first two.
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This picks out the longest run of the sequence a,b in the list.
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The empty sequence, PatternSequence[], is sometimes useful to specify an optional argument.

This picks out expressions with exactly one or two arguments.
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