Rust: here is an array of strings, we are going to parse the array to numbers. If that conversion fails we handle the exception and return the minimum integer value. We then save the result in a new vector. We also print it.
I like rust, but I hate the example too. It’s needlessly complex. Should have just been a.unwrap_or(b).
The example even used unwrap_or_else where they should use unwrap_or. Then it uses std::i64::MIN as fallback value where they could use something like 0 that would be a better example and honestly make more sense there.
let parsed_numbers = ["1", "not a number", "3"]
.iter()
.map(|n| n.parse().unwrap_or(0))
.collect();
// prints "[1, 0, 3]"println!("{:?}", parsed_numbers);
Even without trimming this to something less convoluted, the same functionality (with different fallback value) could be written in more readable form.
Obviously in the context of the page something like this would make way more sense:
Other languages: if a is null return b.
Rust: here is an array of strings, we are going to parse the array to numbers. If that conversion fails we handle the exception and return the minimum integer value. We then save the result in a new vector. We also print it.
I like rust, but I hate the example too. It’s needlessly complex. Should have just been a.unwrap_or(b).
The example even used unwrap_or_else where they should use unwrap_or. Then it uses
std::i64::MINas fallback value where they could use something like0that would be a better example and honestly make more sense there.let parsed_numbers = ["1", "not a number", "3"] .iter() .map(|n| n.parse().unwrap_or(0)) .collect(); // prints "[1, 0, 3]" println!("{:?}", parsed_numbers);Even without trimming this to something less convoluted, the same functionality (with different fallback value) could be written in more readable form.
Obviously in the context of the page something like this would make way more sense:
maybe_number.unwrap_or(0)Or perhaps more idiomatic version of the above:
maybe_number.unwrap_or_default()I think you could even get rid of the
iter()and thecollect()since it’s a small fixed size array.