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 ...

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 ...

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.

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