As the pattern matches contain more and more rules, you might want to combine patterns. There are two ways to combine patterns. First is to use OR represented by a
vertical pipe | , which combines patterns together so the rule will fire if any of the grouped patterns match. Second is to use AND represented by an ampersand &, which combines patterns together so that the rule will fire only if all of the grouped patterns match.
let vowelTest c = match c with |'a'|'e'|'i'|'o'|'u' -> true -> false |_ let describeNumbers x y = match x,y with | 1, _ | _, 1 -> "One of the numbers is one." | (2,_) & (_,2) -> "Both of the numbers is two." -> "Other." |
AND pattern has litte use in normal pattern matching, however itz invaluable when using active patterns.
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