From 8369a607ed86a31614758839b861e0017b5f86be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:37:20 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add slice patterns to the guide

Fixes #19177.
---
 src/doc/guide.md | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/doc/guide.md b/src/doc/guide.md
index 418f82c9969..92b616d9c55 100644
--- a/src/doc/guide.md
+++ b/src/doc/guide.md
@@ -3991,6 +3991,19 @@ match origin {
 }
 ```
 
+If you want to match against a slice or array, you can use `[]`:
+
+```{rust}
+fn main() {
+    let v = vec!["match_this", "1"];
+
+    match v.as_slice() {
+        ["match_this", second] => println!("The second element is {}", second),
+        _ => {},
+    }
+}
+```
+
 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: