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Add case
expression to SML docs
Show an example of pattern-matching using the case expression.
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- ["David Pedersen", "http://lonelyproton.com/"]
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- ["James Baker", "http://www.jbaker.io/"]
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- ["Leo Zovic", "http://langnostic.inaimathi.ca/"]
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- ["Chris Wilson", "http://sencjw.com/"]
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---
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Standard ML is a functional programming language with type inference and some
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@ -267,6 +268,16 @@ fun evenly_positioned_elems (odd::even::xs) = even::evenly_positioned_elems xs
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| evenly_positioned_elems [odd] = [] (* Base case: throw away *)
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| evenly_positioned_elems [] = [] (* Base case *)
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(* The case expression can also be used to pattern match and return a value *)
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datatype temp =
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C of real
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| F of real
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fun temp_to_f t =
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case t of
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C x => x * (9.0 / 5.0) + 32.0
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| F x => x
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(* When matching on records, you must use their slot names, and you must bind
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every slot in a record. The order of the slots doesn't matter though. *)
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