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string
The type of string literal "hello, world"
is &str
, e.g let s: &str = "hello, world"
.
str and &str
- π We can't use
str
type in normal ways, but we can use&str
// fix error without adding new line
fn main() {
let s: str = "hello, world";
println!("Success!")
}
- ππ We can only use
str
by boxed it,&
can be used to convertBox<str>
to&str
// fix the error with at least two solutions
fn main() {
let s: Box<str> = "hello, world".into();
greetings(s)
}
fn greetings(s: &str) {
println!("{}",s)
}
String
String
type is defined in std and stored as a vector of bytes (Vec), but guaranteed to always be a valid UTF-8 sequence. String is heap allocated, growable and not null terminated.
- π
// fill the blank
fn main() {
let mut s = __;
s.push_str("hello, world");
s.push('!');
assert_eq!(s, "hello, world!");
println!("Success!")
}
- πππ
// fix all errors without adding newline
fn main() {
let s = String::from("hello");
s.push(',');
s.push(" world");
s += "!".to_string();
println!("{}", s)
}
- ππ
replace
can be used to replace substring
// fill the blank
fn main() {
let s = String::from("I like dogs");
// Allocate new memory and store the modified string there
let s1 = s.__("dogs", "cats");
assert_eq!(s1, "I like cats");
println!("Success!")
}
More String
methods can be found under String module.
- ππ You can only concat a
String
with&str
, andString
's ownership can be moved to another variable
// fix errors without removing any line
fn main() {
let s1 = String::from("hello,");
let s2 = String::from("world!");
let s3 = s1 + s2;
assert_eq!(s3,"hello,world!");
println!("{}",s1);
}
&str and String
Opsite to the seldom using of str
, &str
and String
are used everywhere!
- ππ
&str
can be converted toString
in two ways
// fix error with at lest two solutions
fn main() {
let s = "hello, world";
greetings(s)
}
fn greetings(s: String) {
println!("{}",s)
}
- ππ We can use
String::from
orto_string
to convert a&str
toString
// use two approaches to fix the error and without adding a new line
fn main() {
let s = "hello, world".to_string();
let s1: &str = s;
println!("Success!")
}
string escapes
- π
fn main() {
// You can use escapes to write bytes by their hexadecimal values
// fill the blank below to show "I'm writing Rust"
let byte_escape = "I'm writing Ru\x73__!";
println!("What are you doing\x3F (\\x3F means ?) {}", byte_escape);
// ...or Unicode code points.
let unicode_codepoint = "\u{211D}";
let character_name = "\"DOUBLE-STRUCK CAPITAL R\"";
println!("Unicode character {} (U+211D) is called {}",
unicode_codepoint, character_name );
let long_string = "String literals
can span multiple lines.
The linebreak and indentation here \
can be escaped too!";
println!("{}", long_string);
}
- πππ Sometimes there are just too many characters that need to be escaped or it's just much more convenient to write a string out as-is. This is where raw string literals come into play.
fn main() {
let raw_str = r"Escapes don't work here: \x3F \u{211D}";
// modify below line to make it work
assert_eq!(raw_str, "Escapes don't work here: ? β");
// If you need quotes in a raw string, add a pair of #s
let quotes = r#"And then I said: "There is no escape!""#;
println!("{}", quotes);
// If you need "# in your string, just use more #s in the delimiter.
// You can use up to 65535 #s.
let delimiter = r###"A string with "# in it. And even "##!"###;
println!("{}", delimiter);
// fill the blank
let long_delimiter = __;
assert_eq!(long_delimiter, "Hello, \"##\"");
println!("Success!")
}
byte string
Want a string that's not UTF-8? (Remember, str and String must be valid UTF-8). Or maybe you want an array of bytes that's mostly text? Byte strings to the rescue!
Example:
use std::str;
fn main() {
// Note that this is not actually a `&str`
let bytestring: &[u8; 21] = b"this is a byte string";
// Byte arrays don't have the `Display` trait, so printing them is a bit limited
println!("A byte string: {:?}", bytestring);
// Byte strings can have byte escapes...
let escaped = b"\x52\x75\x73\x74 as bytes";
// ...but no unicode escapes
// let escaped = b"\u{211D} is not allowed";
println!("Some escaped bytes: {:?}", escaped);
// Raw byte strings work just like raw strings
let raw_bytestring = br"\u{211D} is not escaped here";
println!("{:?}", raw_bytestring);
// Converting a byte array to `str` can fail
if let Ok(my_str) = str::from_utf8(raw_bytestring) {
println!("And the same as text: '{}'", my_str);
}
let _quotes = br#"You can also use "fancier" formatting, \
like with normal raw strings"#;
// Byte strings don't have to be UTF-8
let shift_jis = b"\x82\xe6\x82\xa8\x82\xb1\x82\xbb"; // "γγγγ" in SHIFT-JIS
// But then they can't always be converted to `str`
match str::from_utf8(shift_jis) {
Ok(my_str) => println!("Conversion successful: '{}'", my_str),
Err(e) => println!("Conversion failed: {:?}", e),
};
}
A more detailed listing of the ways to write string literals and escape characters is given in the 'Tokens' chapter of the Rust Reference.
string index
- πππ You can't use index to access a char in a string, but you can use slice
&s1[start..end]
.
fn main() {
let s1 = String::from("hi,δΈε½");
let h = s1[0]; //modify this line to fix the error, tips: `h` only takes 1 byte in UTF8 format
assert_eq!(h, "h");
let h1 = &s1[3..5];//modify this line to fix the error, tips: `δΈ` takes 3 bytes in UTF8 format
assert_eq!(h1, "δΈ");
println!("Success!")
}
operate on UTF8 string
- π
fn main() {
// fill the blank to print each char in "δ½ ε₯½οΌδΈη"
for c in "δ½ ε₯½οΌδΈη".__ {
println!("{}", c)
}
}
utf8_slice
You can use utf8_slice to slice UTF8 string, it can index chars instead of bytes.
Example
use utf8_slice;
fn main() {
let s = "The π goes to the π!";
let rocket = utf8_slice::slice(s, 4, 5);
// Will equal "π"
}
You can find the solutions here(under the solutions path), but only use it when you need it