</span>
                <span class="c1">#         nitems[nCand] = intersection</span>
                <span class="c1">#         self._finalPatterns[nCand] = [len(intersection), ratio]</span>
            <span class="k">if</span> <span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">newCands</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">:</span>
                <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_recursive</