Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pattern matching

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables
pat-tern -match-ing
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the act of checking some sequence of tokens for the presence of the constituents of a pattern

Uncountable

Usage

Questions

What does pattern matching mean?
the act of checking some sequence of tokens for the presence of the constituents of a pattern

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