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diff --git a/src/content/chapter2_flow_control/lesson08_pattern_aliases/code.gleam b/src/content/chapter2_flow_control/lesson08_pattern_aliases/code.gleam
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+import gleam/io
+
+pub fn main() {
+  io.debug(get_first_non_empty([[], [1, 2, 3], [4, 5]]))
+  io.debug(get_first_non_empty([[1, 2], [3, 4, 5], []]))
+  io.debug(get_first_non_empty([[], [], []]))
+}
+
+fn get_first_non_empty(lists: List(List(t))) -> List(t) {
+  case lists {
+    [[_, ..] as first, ..] -> first
+    [_, ..rest] -> get_first_non_empty(rest)
+    [] -> []
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/content/chapter2_flow_control/lesson08_pattern_aliases/text.html b/src/content/chapter2_flow_control/lesson08_pattern_aliases/text.html
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+<p>
+  The <code>as</code> operator can be used to assign sub patterns to variables.
+</p>
+<p>
+  The pattern <code>[_, ..] as it</code> will match any non-empty list and
+  assign that list to the variable <code>it</code>.
+</p>