pattern match
Find the similarity
Pattern match is to identify correspondence between data and a template or expected structure.
In programming, pattern matching checks whether values fit specified forms: The function pattern matches on the first element of the list.
More broadly, to pattern match is to recognize familiar configurations: My brain pattern matched her face to someone I knew in college.
The noun pattern match refers to a successful correspondence found.
- regexText-matching notation
- regular expressionNotation for matching text patterns
- wildcardUnpredictable factor in play
- templatePreset pattern for reproduction
- recognizePerceive as known
search · algorithm · fingerprint · detect · compare · filter · string · syntax · case sensitive · expression · query · scan · find · needle in haystack · parse · code · logic · similarity
- puzzlespuzzles, sudoku, jigsaw puzzle, puzzle cube, crossword
- doublesdouble, doubles, twin, twins, duplicate
- matching numberspairs, doubles, number pairs
- snap judgmentssnap judgment, snap decision, hasty conclusion, rush to judgment, jumping to conclusions
pattern matchrandom guess
wild guess · shot in the dark · random assignment · false positive · apophenia
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