Answer by m_goldberg for StringMatchQ fails using Alternatives with complex...
The problem arises from naming the inner sub-patterns in your two pattern definitions with the same identifier. When you combine the patterns with Alternatives, you then have a pattern with two...
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Alternatives seems to work fine with these simple patternsStringMatchQ["Eric", Alternatives["Eric", "Geoff"]] (* True *)StringMatchQ["Eric", Alternatives["Geoff", "Eric"]](* True *)I have a more...
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