Python · Syntax and control flow

match statement

Structural pattern matching, available from Python 3.10.

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Syntax

match value: case pattern:

Example

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command = ("move", 2)
match command:
    case ("move", step):
        print(f"Moving {step}")
    case _:
        print("Unknown")

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