We looked at the basic features of functional programming with Visual F#. In this second part, we take it a bit farther and look at creating anonymous functions, pattern matching, and other features ...

Figure 7: Pattern matching in Kotlin If he could wave a magic wand, Kim would want everyone to learn a functional programming language, so they could experience the same joy he has found.

Personally, I wanted a language that would be a joy to use with powerful features from functional programming: algebraic data types, pattern matching, and higher-order functions.

The pattern-matching syntax introduced in Python 3.10 allows for powerful new programming techniques for decision-making in apps.

Pattern Matching and Recursion Instead of a series of if-then-else statements, a pattern matching statement compares an argument with a list to find a match.

One convenient behavior not available through Python’s native syntax, but which is found in many other modern languages, is pattern matching. Values can be tested for a match against a defined ...

Functional paradigm allows for pattern matching. Recursion, iteration is accomplished through recursion. Lazy evaluation -- an expression is evaluated only when required. Functional programming has ...