tricu/demos/patternMatching.tri

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!import "../lib/Patterns.tri" !Local
-- We can do conditional pattern matching by providing a list of lists, where
-- each sublist contains a boolean expression and a function to return if said
-- boolean expression evaluates to true.
value = 42
main = match value [[(equal? "Hello") (_ : ", world!")] [(equal? 42) (_ : "The answer.")]]
-- < main
-- > "The answer."
matchExample = (x : match x
[[(equal? 1) (_ : "one")]
[(equal? 2) (_ : "two")]
[(equal? 3) (_ : "three")]
[(equal? 4) (_ : "four")]
[(equal? 5) (_ : "five")]
[(equal? 6) (_ : "six")]
[(equal? 7) (_ : "seven")]
[(equal? 8) (_ : "eight")]
[(equal? 9) (_ : "nine")]
[(equal? 10) (_ : "ten")]
[ otherwise (_ : "I ran out of fingers!")]])
-- < matchExample 3
-- > "three"
-- < matchExample 5
-- > "five"
-- < matchExample 9
-- > "nine"
-- < matchExample 11
-- > "I ran out of fingers!"
-- < matchExample "three"
-- > "I ran out of fingers!"
-- < matchExample [("hello") ("world")]
-- > "I ran out of fingers!"