# Structs: pattern matching on nil values

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/structs-pattern-matching-on-nil-values/12063>\
**Category:** Discussions\
**Tags:** structs\
**Created:** [January 30, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/structs-pattern-matching-on-nil-values/12063 "2018-01-30T17:06:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![idi527](https://forum.elixirforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@idi527](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/idi527)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/structs-pattern-matching-on-nil-values/12063/5 "2018-01-30T18:10:07Z")

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Oh, I thought the goal was to get a `false`.

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