Pattern
sym:obj or Pattern[sym,obj]
represents the pattern object obj, assigned the name sym.
Details
- The name sym must be a symbol.
- The object obj can be any pattern object.
- When a transformation rule is used, any occurrence of s on the right‐hand side is replaced by whatever expression it matched on the left‐hand side.
- The operator : has a comparatively low precedence. The expression x:_+_ is thus interpreted as x:(_+_), not (x:_)+_.
- The form s_ is equivalent to s:_. Similarly, s_h is equivalent to s:_h, s__ to s:__, and so on. »
Examples
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Properties & Relations (1)
The forms s_ and s:_ are equivalent:
This extends to forms with a specified head:
As well as forms involving BlankSequence and BlankNullSequence:
Possible Issues (1)
The input s:v is a form of Pattern only if s is a symbol:
If s is a special input form for Blank[…] or Pattern[sym,Blank[…]], then s:v is Optional[s,v]:
Forms involving BlankSequence[…] and BlankNullSequence[…] are similar:
If s is any other expression, the form is not valid input:
Text
Wolfram Research (1988), Pattern, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Pattern.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1988. "Pattern." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Pattern.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1988). Pattern. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Pattern.html