Chapter 7. Patterns, Patterns, Everywhere
Pattern matching is one of F#’s most powerful features. Patterns are so ingrained within the language that they’re employed by many of the constructs you’ve already seen, like let bindings, try...with expressions, and lambda expressions. In this chapter, you’ll learn about match expressions, predefined pattern types, and creating your own patterns with active patterns.
Match Expressions
Although F# allows imperative style branching through if expressions, they can be difficult to maintain, particularly as the conditional logic’s complexity increases. Match expressions are F#’s primary branching mechanism.
On the surface, many match expressions resemble C#’s switch or Visual Basic’s Select Case statements, ...
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