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Repeated (..)

p.. or Repeated[p]
is a pattern object which represents a sequence of one or more expressions, each matching p.

Repeated[p, max]
represents up to max expressions matching p.

Repeated[p, {min, max}]
represents between min and max expressions matching p.

Repeated[p, {n}]
represents exactly n expressions matching p.

p.. can appear as an argument of any function. It represents any sequence of arguments.

All the objects in the sequence represented by p.. must match p, but the objects need not be identical.

Replace any list of a's by x:

Replace any list of f's with one argument:

Replace any list of a's by x:

Replace any list of f's with one argument:

a.. represents a sequence of a's inside any head:

Replace any list of a's with length up to 3:

Replace any list of a's with lengths between 2 and 3:

Replace lists with lengths between 0 and 3:

Replace lists of length exactly 3:

Define a function that takes as an argument any list of pairs:

Use parentheses or spaces to indicate that 1.. is not 1. followed by a dot:

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