From 1b5db5adfec10d90cf5c7abd6817452be4f0b909 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tshepang Mbambo Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 00:59:47 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] GH-130153: Reword the wildcard matching part of the tutorial (GH-129954) --- Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst index 8261bbdbfb7a..95939242fb7d 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst @@ -289,7 +289,8 @@ similar to a switch statement in C, Java or JavaScript (and many other languages), but it's more similar to pattern matching in languages like Rust or Haskell. Only the first pattern that matches gets executed and it can also extract components (sequence elements -or object attributes) from the value into variables. +or object attributes) from the value into variables. If no case matches, +none of the branches is executed. The simplest form compares a subject value against one or more literals:: @@ -305,7 +306,7 @@ The simplest form compares a subject value against one or more literals:: return "Something's wrong with the internet" Note the last block: the "variable name" ``_`` acts as a *wildcard* and -never fails to match. If no case matches, none of the branches is executed. +never fails to match. You can combine several literals in a single pattern using ``|`` ("or"):: -- 2.47.3