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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion hackett-doc/scribblings/hackett/guide.scrbl
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Expand Up @@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ enumeration, we would like to be able to @emph{do something} with its values. Fo
wish to write a function that determines if a weekday is a weekend—that is, if it is @racket[sunday]
or @racket[saturday]. To do this, we need some way to check if a weekday is a particular value.

We can do this by using @italic{pattern matching}, which makes it possible to make a decision based on
We can do this by using @deftech[#:key "pattern"]{pattern matching}, which makes it possible to make a decision based on
the different values of an enumeration. Here’s one way to write our @racket[is-weekend?] function:

@(hackett-interaction
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion hackett-doc/scribblings/hackett/reference.scrbl
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Expand Up @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ contains the provided values.
(Foo2 "hello")
Foo3)

Additionally, the bound @racket[value-id]s and @racket[data-constructor-id]s serve as @tech{patterns}
Additionally, the bound @racket[value-id]s and @racket[data-constructor-id]s serve as @tech[#:key "pattern"]{patterns}
that match against different values of the defined type. The pattern associated with each
@racket[data-constuctor-id] accepts patterns that match against the contained values, so
pattern-matching allows extracting values stored “inside” data constructors.
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