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Re: Pattern Syntax for Alternate Heads with Default Value

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• Subject: [mg125880] Re: Pattern Syntax for Alternate Heads with Default Value
• From: Fred Simons <f.h.simons at tue.nl>
• Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 05:57:35 -0400 (EDT)
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The correct syntax for an argument is  name : pattern : default value.

When the pattern starts with an underscore, we may leave out the first 
colon (have a look when you enter x:_)

So this seems to be what you are looking for:

f[x : (_Real | _Integer) : 2.5] := x^2

Best wishes,

Fred Simons
Eindhoven University of Technology

Op 4-4-2012 10:27, Ben schreef:
> I'm trying to build a unary function which accepts only arguments with
> two possible heads and has a default value.  That is, something like
> the following, except that this doesn't work.  Anyone know how to do
> this correctly?
>
> f[(x_Real | x_Integer) : 2.5] := x^2;
> where f[3] = 9
> and f[1.5] = 2.25
> and f[] = 6.25
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    • From: Ben <benp84@gmail.com>