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title: "What is Pattern Matching in Erlang?"  
description: "What is Pattern Matching in Erlang?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2015-06-24  
updated: 2020-09-24  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2654/what-is-pattern-matching-in-erlang  
category: "erlang"  
tags: ["functional programming", "concurrent programming", "erlang"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is Pattern Matching in Erlang?

A pattern matching occurs when evaluating a function call. Through pattern matching mechanism, variables are bound to the values.\

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

A pattern matching occurs when evaluating a function call. Through pattern matching mechanism, variables are bound to the values.\


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