C#7: Underscore ( _ ) & Star ( * ) in Out variable

Question

I was reading about new out variable features in C#7 here. I have two questions:

1. It says

   We allow \"discards\" as out parameters as w

Answer 1

Another example of the Discard Operator _ in C# 7 is to pattern match a variable of type object in a switch statement, which was recently added in C# 7:

Code:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    object x = 6.4; 
    switch (x)
    {
        case string _:
            Console.WriteLine("it is string");
            break;
        case double _:
            Console.WriteLine("it is double");
            break;
        case int _:
            Console.WriteLine("it is int");
            break;
        default:
            Console.WriteLine("it is Unknown type");
            break;
    }

    // end of main method
}

This code will match the type and discard the variable passed to the case ... _.