Match Statements in Python

From the Python cheat sheet · Control Flow · verified Jul 2026

Structural pattern matching (Python 3.10+).

python

# Basic match
match command:
    case "quit":
        exit()
    case "hello":
        print("Hi!")
    case _:
        print("Unknown")

💡 match/case is structural pattern matching, not just a switch statement

⚡ Use | to match multiple values in one case (e.g., 500 | 502 | 503)

📌 The _ wildcard matches anything — use it as a default/fallback case

🟢 Add a guard with "if" after the pattern for conditional matching

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