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Legacy Documentation
Mathematica
®
Teacher's Edition
(2002)
This is documentation for an obsolete product.
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Documentation
Mathematica Teacher's Edition
The Teacher's Book
The
Mathematica
Language
Patterns
Contents
Classes of Expressions
Finding Expressions That Match a Pattern
Naming Pieces of Patterns
Specifying Types of Expression in Patterns
Putting Constraints on Patterns
Patterns Involving Alternatives
Functions with Variable Numbers of Arguments
