Reputation: 3250
I defined the active pattern "Expression" as follows:
let (|Expression|_|) expression _ = Some(expression)
Now I'm trying to use it in this way:
match () with
| Expression((totalWidth - wLeft - wRight) / (float model.Columns.Count - 0.5)) cw
when cw <= wLeft * 4. && cw <= wRight * 4. ->
cw
| Expression((totalWidth - wLeft) / (float model.Columns.Count - .25)) cw
when cw <= wLeft * 4. && cw > wRight * 4. ->
cw
| Expression((totalWidth - wRight) / (float model.Columns.Count - .25)) cw
when cw > wLeft * 4. && cw <= wRight * 4. ->
cw
| Expression(totalWidth / float model.Columns.Count) cw
when cw > wLeft * 4. && cw > wRight * 4. ->
cw
| _ -> System.InvalidProgramException() |> raise
But this results in "error FS0010: Unexpected symbol '-' in pattern". Is that fixable?
What am I trying to do is to write clearly a solution to the following equation:
max(wl - cw * .25, 0) + max(wr - cw * .25) + cw * columnCount = ActualWidth
where cw is the only variable.
Can you suggest any better way?
Upvotes: 3
Views: 468
Reputation: 243051
The langauge of expressions that can be used as arguments for parameterized active patterns is limited in some ways. As far as I can tell, the F# specification doesn't say that explicitly, but the grammar suggests that it must be possible to parse the argument expression as pat-param
(page 90):
pat-param :=
| const
| long-ident
| [ pat-param ; ... ; pat-param ]
| ( pat-param, ..., pat-param )
| long-ident pat-param
| pat-param : type
| <@ expr @>
| <@@ expr @@>
| null
So, I think you'll need to write your pattern matching differently. You could turn the expressions into ordinary arguments of the match
construct and write something like this:
match
(totalWidth - wLeft - wRight) / (float model.Columns.Count - 0.5),
(totalWidth - wLeft) / (float model.Columns.Count - .25),
(totalWidth - wRight) / (float model.Columns.Count - .25)
with
| cw1, _, _ when cw1 <= wLeft * 4. && cw1 <= wRight * 4. -> cw1
| _, cw2, _ when cw2 <= wLeft * 4. && cw2 > wRight * 4. -> cw2
| _, _, cw3 when cw3 > wLeft * 4. && cw3 <= wRight * 4. -> cw3
| _ -> totalWidth / float model.Columns.Count
If the pattern used in the expression is always the same, you could also use active pattern like:
let (|Calculate|) w p _ =
(totalWidth - w) / (float model.Columns.Count - p)
... and then write something like:
let wDif = wLeft - wRight
match () with
| Calculate wDif 0.5 cw -> cw
| Calculate wLeft 0.25 cw -> cw
// .. etc.
Upvotes: 7