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Wildcard patterns

Learn Wildcard patterns in Elm with a construct-specific explanation, a unique example, a practical boundary, and a mastery check.

10 min read • Beginner

Wildcard patterns is an atomic Elm topic inside Custom Types. The example below uses the actual construct named by the lesson rather than a generic placeholder.

Focus on what Wildcard patterns changes: the input, binding, control path, object state, collection, runtime effect, or language contract. Then alter one value and verify that the behavior changes for a reason specific to this feature.

Topic-specific example

elm-03-07-wildcard-patterns.elm
elm Try It Live 
isOk result = case result of Ok _ -> True; _ -> False
Edge case / engineering note

Change the key input in this Elm example and predict the result first; the named construct should be the reason the behavior changes.

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