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Expand Up @@ -3991,6 +3991,22 @@ match origin {
}
```

You can do this kind of match on any member, not just the first:

```{rust}
# #![allow(non_shorthand_field_patterns)]
struct Point {
x: int,
y: int,
}

let origin = Point { x: 0i, y: 0i };

match origin {
Point { y: y, .. } => println!("y is {}", y),
}
```

Whew! That's a lot of different ways to match things, and they can all be
mixed and matched, depending on what you're doing:

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