Crates.io | iflet |
lib.rs | iflet |
version | 0.1.0 |
source | src |
created_at | 2017-06-04 22:40:06.77314 |
updated_at | 2017-06-04 22:40:06.77314 |
description | Provides a macro to chain multiple patterns in an `if let` rather than nesting them |
homepage | |
repository | https://github.com/saghm/iflet |
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id | 17754 |
size | 20,795 |
if let
if let
is an extremely nice concept in Rust. You can use it in place of a pattern match for readability, like in this extremely contrived example below:
fn div(num: i32, denom: i32) -> Option<i32> {
if denom == 0 {
return Some(num / denom);
None
}
fn main() {
if let Some(x) = div(6, 2) {
assert_eq!(x, 3);
}
}
However, you can't use if let
to match multiple clauses or with additional if guards
(like in match
patterns). iflet
provides a macro that lets you do just that:
#[macro_use]
extern crate iflet;
#[macro_use]
extern crate serde_json;
use serde_json::Value::{Object, Array};
fn main() {
let value = json!({
"numbers": [ 1, 2, 4, 9, 16, 25 ]
});
if_chain!([let Object(ref map) => value,
let Some(&Array(ref vec)) if !vec.is_empty() => map.get("numbers")] {
println!("there are {} numbers stored in the object", vec.len());
} else {
println!("there are no numbers stored in the object");
});
}