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title: Creating Patterns

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import { MiniRepl } from '../../docs/MiniRepl';

import { JsDoc } from '../../docs/JsDoc';

# Creating Patterns

The following functions will return a pattern.

These are the equivalents used by the Mini Notation:

| function                       | mini             |

| ------------------------------ | ---------------- |

| `cat(x, y)`                    | `"<x y>"`        |

| `seq(x, y)`                    | `"x y"`          |

| `stack(x, y)`                  | `"x,y"`          |

| `stepcat([3,x],[2,y])`         | `"x@3 y@2"`      |

| `polymeter([a, b, c], [x, y])` | `"{a b c, x y}"` |

| `polymeterSteps(2, x, y, z)`   | `"{x y z}%2"`    |

| `silence`                      | `"~"`            |

## cat

<JsDoc client:idle name="cat" h={0} />

## seq

<JsDoc client:idle name="seq" h={0} />

## stack

<JsDoc client:idle name="stack" h={0} />

## stepcat

<JsDoc client:idle name="stepcat" h={0} />

## arrange

<JsDoc client:idle name="arrange" h={0} />

## polymeter

<JsDoc client:idle name="polymeter" h={0} />

## polymeterSteps

<JsDoc client:idle name="polymeterSteps" h={0} />

## silence

<JsDoc client:idle name="silence" h={0} />

## run

<JsDoc client:idle name="run" h={0} />

## binary

<JsDoc client:idle name="binary" h={0} />

## binaryN

<JsDoc client:idle name="binaryN" h={0} />

After Pattern Constructors, let's see what [Time Modifiers](/learn/time-modifiers) are available.