IgnoringInactive

IgnoringInactive[patt] is a pattern object that, for purposes of pattern matching, ignores occurrences of Inactive in both patt and the expression being matched.

Examples

MatchQ[Inactive[Plus][1, 2], IgnoringInactive[Plus[1, 2]]]

Cases[{Inactive[f][x], g[x]}, IgnoringInactive[f[_]]]

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