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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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Evaluate the function for different numbers of arguments.

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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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