rustlings/README.md

# rustlings

Small exercises to get you used to reading and writing Rust code. Includes practice reading and responding to
compiler messages!

This repo is very much the smallest thing that could possibly work :)

## To do these exercises

Thanks to [btbytes'](https://twitter.com/btbytes) [prlinks](https://github.com/btbytes/prlink), you can now click on the links below to load the exercises in the rust playpen!

There are infinite correct answers-- the exercises are sometimes left very open-ended. Scroll down in the playpen to find comments that have hints.

If you need more help or would like to compare solutions, you can ask in [#rust on irc.mozilla.org](https://chat.mibbit.com/?server=irc.mozilla.org&channel=%23rust), the [user forum](https://users.rust-lang.org/), or [the subreddit](https://reddit.com/r/rust). If an exercise could be improved in any way, please [create an issue](https://github.com/carols10cents/rustlings/issues/new) or submit a pull request!

### Variable bindings

[Relevant chapter in The Rust Programming Language](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/variable-bindings.html)

- ["variables1.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Make+me+compile%21+Scroll+down+for+hints+%3A%29%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++x+%3D+5%3B%0A++++println%21%28%22x+has+the+value+%7B%7D%22%2C+x%29%3B%0A%7D%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%2F%2F+Hint%3A+The+declaration+on+line+4+is+missing+a+keyword+that+is+needed+in+Rust%0A%2F%2F+to+create+a+new+variable+binding.%0A)
- ["variables2.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Make+me+compile%21+Scroll+down+for+hints+%3A%29%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++let+x%3B%0A++++if+x+%3D%3D+10+%7B%0A++++++++println%21%28%22Ten%21%22%29%3B%0A++++%7D+else+%7B%0A++++++++println%21%28%22Not+ten%21%22%29%3B%0A++++%7D%0A%7D%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%2F%2F+The+compiler+message+is+saying+that+Rust+cannot+infer+the+type+that+the%0A%2F%2F+variable+binding+%60x%60+has+with+what+is+given+here.%0A%2F%2F+What+happens+if+you+annotate+line+4+with+a+type+annotation%3F%0A%2F%2F+What+if+you+give+x+a+value%3F%0A%2F%2F+What+if+you+do+both%3F%0A%2F%2F+What+type+should+x+be%2C+anyway%3F%0A%2F%2F+What+if+x+is+the+same+type+as+10%3F+What+if+it%27s+a+different+type%3F%0A)
- ["variables3.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Make+me+compile%21+Scroll+down+for+hints+%3A%29%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++let+x+%3D+3%3B%0A++++println%21%28%22Number+%7B%7D%22%2C+x%29%3B%0A++++x+%3D+5%3B%0A++++println%21%28%22Number+%7B%7D%22%2C+x%29%3B%0A%7D%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%2F%2F+In+Rust%2C+variable+bindings+are+immutable+by+default.+But+here+we%27re+trying%0A%2F%2F+to+reassign+a+different+value+to+x%21+There%27s+a+keyword+we+can+use+to+make%0A%2F%2F+a+variable+binding+mutable+instead.%0A)
- ["variables4.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Make+me+compile%21+Scroll+down+for+hints+%3A%29%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++let+x%3A+i32%3B%0A++++println%21%28%22Number+%7B%7D%22%2C+x%29%3B%0A%7D%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%2F%2F+Oops%21+In+this+exercise%2C+we+have+a+variable+binding+that+we%27ve+created+on%0A%2F%2F+line+4%2C+and+we%27re+trying+to+use+it+on+line+5%2C+but+we+haven%27t+given+it+a%0A%2F%2F+value.+We+can%27t+print+out+something+that+isn%27t+there%3B+try+giving+x+a+value%21%0A%2F%2F+This+is+an+error+that+can+cause+bugs+that%27s+very+easy+to+make+in+any%0A%2F%2F+programming+language+--+thankfully+the+Rust+compiler+has+caught+this+for+us%21%0A)

### Functions

[Relevant chapter in The Rust Programming Language](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/functions.html)

- ["functions1.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Make+me+compile%21+Scroll+down+for+hints+%3A%29%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++call_me%28%29%3B%0A%7D%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%2F%2F+This+main+function+is+calling+a+function+that+it+expects+to+exist%2C+but+the%0A%2F%2F+function+doesn%27t+exist.+It+expects+this+function+to+have+the+name+%60call_me%60.%0A%2F%2F+It+expects+this+function+to+not+take+any+arguments+and+not+return+a+value.%0A%2F%2F+Sounds+a+lot+like+%60main%60%2C+doesn%27t+it%3F%0A)
- ["functions2.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Make+me+compile%21+Scroll+down+for+hints+%3A%29%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++call_me%283%29%3B%0A%7D%0A%0Afn+call_me%28num%29+%7B%0A++++for+i+in+0..num+%7B%0A++++++++println%21%28%22Ring%21+Call+number+%7B%7D%22%2C+i+%2B+1%29%3B%0A++++%7D%0A%7D%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%2F%2F+Rust+requires+that+all+parts+of+a+function%27s+signature+have+type+annotations%2C%0A%2F%2F+but+%60call_me%60+is+missing+the+type+annotation+of+%60num%60.%0A)
- ["functions3.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Make+me+compile%21+Scroll+down+for+hints+%3A%29%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++call_me%28%29%3B%0A%7D%0A%0Afn+call_me%28num%3A+i32%29+%7B%0A++++for+i+in+0..num+%7B%0A++++++++println%21%28%22Ring%21+Call+number+%7B%7D%22%2C+i+%2B+1%29%3B%0A++++%7D%0A%7D%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%2F%2F+This+time%2C+the+function+*declaration*+is+okay%2C+but+there%27s+something+wrong%0A%2F%2F+with+the+place+where+we%27re+calling+the+function.%0A)
- ["functions4.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Make+me+compile%21+Scroll+down+for+hints+%3A%29%0A%0A%2F%2F+This+store+is+having+a+sale+where+if+the+price+is+an+even+number%2C+you+get%0A%2F%2F+10+%28money+unit%29+off%2C+but+if+it%27s+an+odd+number%2C+it%27s+3+%28money+unit%29+less.%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++let+original_price+%3D+51%3B%0A++++println%21%28%22Your+sale+price+is+%7B%7D%22%2C+sale_price%28original_price%29%29%3B%0A%7D%0A%0Afn+sale_price%28price%3A+i32%29+-%3E+%7B%0A++++if+is_even%28price%29+%7B%0A++++++++price+-+10%0A++++%7D+else+%7B%0A++++++++price+-+3%0A++++%7D%0A%7D%0A%0Afn+is_even%28num%3A+i32%29+-%3E+bool+%7B%0A++++num+%25+2+%3D%3D+0%0A%7D%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%2F%2F+The+error+message+points+to+line+10+and+says+it+expects+a+type+after+the%0A%2F%2F+%60-%3E%60.+This+is+where+the+function%27s+return+type+should+be--+take+a+look+at%0A%2F%2F+the+%60is_even%60+function+for+an+example%21%0A)
- ["functions5.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Make+me+compile%21+Scroll+down+for+hints+%3A%29%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++let+answer+%3D+square%283%29%3B%0A++++println%21%28%22The+answer+is+%7B%7D%22%2C+answer%29%3B%0A%7D%0A%0Afn+square%28num%3A+i32%29+-%3E+i32+%7B%0A++++num+*+num%3B%0A%7D%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%2F%2F+This+is+a+really+common+error+that+can+be+fixed+by+removing+one+character.%0A%2F%2F+It+happens+because+Rust+distinguishes+between+expressions+and+statements%3A+expressions+return%0A%2F%2F+a+value+and+statements+don%27t.+We+want+to+return+a+value+from+the+%60square%60+function%2C+but+it%0A%2F%2F+isn%27t+returning+one+right+now...%0A)

### Primitive types

[Relevant chapter in The Rust Programming Language](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/primitive-types.html)

- ["primitive_types1.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Fill+in+the+rest+of+the+line+that+has+code+missing%21%0A%2F%2F+No+hints%2C+there%27s+no+tricks%2C+just+get+used+to+typing+these+%3A%29%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++%2F%2F+Booleans+%28%60bool%60%29%0A%0A++++let+is_morning+%3D+true%3B%0A++++if+is_morning+%7B%0A++++++++println%21%28%22Good+morning%21%22%29%3B%0A++++%7D%0A%0A++++let+%2F%2F+Finish+the+rest+of+this+line+like+the+example%21+Or+make+it+be+false%21%0A++++if+is_evening+%7B%0A++++++++println%21%28%22Good+evening%21%22%29%3B%0A++++%7D%0A%7D%0A)
- ["primitive_types2.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Fill+in+the+rest+of+the+line+that+has+code+missing%21%0A%2F%2F+No+hints%2C+there%27s+no+tricks%2C+just+get+used+to+typing+these+%3A%29%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++%2F%2F+Characters+%28%60char%60%29%0A%0A++++let+my_first_initial+%3D+%27C%27%3B%0A++++if+my_first_initial.is_alphabetic%28%29+%7B%0A++++++++println%21%28%22Alphabetical%21%22%29%3B%0A++++%7D+else+if+my_first_initial.is_numeric%28%29+%7B%0A++++++++println%21%28%22Numerical%21%22%29%3B%0A++++%7D+else+%7B%0A++++++++println%21%28%22Neither+alphabetic+nor+numeric%21%22%29%3B%0A++++%7D%0A%0A++++let+%2F%2F+Finish+this+line+like+the+example%21+What%27s+your+favorite+character%3F%0A++++%2F%2F+Try+a+letter%2C+try+a+number%2C+try+a+special+character%2C+try+a+character%0A++++%2F%2F+from+a+different+language+than+your+own%2C+try+an+emoji%21%0A++++if+your_character.is_alphabetic%28%29+%7B%0A++++++++println%21%28%22Alphabetical%21%22%29%3B%0A++++%7D+else+if+your_character.is_numeric%28%29+%7B%0A++++++++println%21%28%22Numerical%21%22%29%3B%0A++++%7D+else+%7B%0A++++++++println%21%28%22Neither+alphabetic+nor+numeric%21%22%29%3B%0A++++%7D%0A%7D%0A)

### Modules

[Relevant chapter in The Rust Programming Language](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/crates-and-modules.html)

- ["modules1.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Make+me+compile%21+Scroll+down+for+hints+%3A%29%0A%0Amod+sausage_factory+%7B%0A++++fn+make_sausage%28%29+%7B%0A++++++++println%21%28%22sausage%21%22%29%3B%0A++++%7D%0A%7D%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++sausage_factory%3A%3Amake_sausage%28%29%3B%0A%7D%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%2F%2F+Everything+is+private+in+Rust+by+default--+but+there%27s+a+keyword+we+can+use%0A%2F%2F+to+make+something+public%21+The+compiler+error+should+point+to+the+thing+that%0A%2F%2F+needs+to+be+public.%0A)
- ["modules2.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Make+me+compile%21+Scroll+down+for+hints+%3A%29%0A%0Amod+us_presidential_frontrunners+%7B%0A++++use+self%3A%3Ademocrats%3A%3AHILLARY_CLINTON+as+democrat%3B%0A++++use+self%3A%3Arepublicans%3A%3ADONALD_TRUMP+as+republican%3B%0A%0A++++mod+democrats+%7B%0A++++++++pub+const+HILLARY_CLINTON%3A+%26%27static+str+%3D+%22Hillary+Clinton%22%3B%0A++++++++pub+const+BERNIE_SANDERS%3A+%26%27static+str+%3D+%22Bernie+Sanders%22%3B%0A++++%7D%0A%0A++++mod+republicans+%7B%0A++++++++pub+const+DONALD_TRUMP%3A+%26%27static+str+%3D+%22Donald+Trump%22%3B%0A++++++++pub+const+JEB_BUSH%3A+%26%27static+str+%3D+%22Jeb+Bush%22%3B%0A++++%7D%0A%7D%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++println%21%28%22candidates%3A+%7B%7D+and+%7B%7D%22%2C%0A+++++++++++++us_presidential_frontrunners%3A%3Ademocrat%2C%0A+++++++++++++us_presidential_frontrunners%3A%3Arepublican%29%3B%0A%7D%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%2F%2F+The+us_presidential_frontrunners+module+is+trying+to+present+an+external%0A%2F%2F+interface+%28the+%60democrat%60+and+%60republican%60+constants%29+that+is+different+than%0A%2F%2F+its+internal+structure+%28the+%60democrats%60+and+%60republicans%60+modules+and%0A%2F%2F+associated+constants%29.+It%27s+almost+there+except+for+one+keyword+missing+for%0A%2F%2F+each+constant.%0A%2F%2F+One+more+hint%3A+I+wish+the+compiler+error%2C+instead+of+saying+%22unresolved+name%0A%2F%2F+%60us_presidential_frontrunners%3A%3Ademocrat%60%22%2C+could+say++%22constant%0A%2F%2F+%60us_presidential_frontrunners%3A%3Ademocrat%60+is+private%22%21)

### Uncategorized

A few exercises based on things I've encountered or had trouble with getting used to.

- ["ex1.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Make+me+compile%21%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++println%21%28%29%3B%0A%7D%0A)
- ["ex2.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Make+me+compile%21%0A%0Afn+something%28%29+-%3E+String+%7B%0A++++%22hi%21%22%0A%7D%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++println%21%28%22%7B%7D%22%2C+something%28%29%29%3B%0A%7D%0A)
- ["ex3.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Make+me+compile%21%0A%0Astruct+Foo+%7B%0A++++capacity%3A+i32%2C%0A%7D%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++println%21%28%22%7B%3A%3F%7D%22%2C+Foo+%7B+capacity%3A+3+%7D%29%3B%0A%7D%0A)
- ["ex4.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Make+me+compile%21%0A%0Afn+something%28%29+-%3E+Result%3Ci32%2C+std%3A%3Anum%3A%3AParseIntError%3E+%7B%0A++++let+x%3Ai32+%3D+%223%22.parse%28%29%3B%0A++++Ok%28x+*+4%29%0A%7D%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++match+something%28%29+%7B%0A++++++++Ok%28..%29+%3D%3E+println%21%28%22You+win%21%22%29%2C%0A++++++++Err%28e%29+%3D%3E+println%21%28%22Oh+no+something+went+wrong%3A+%7B%7D%22%2C+e%29%2C%0A++++%7D%0A%7D%0A)
- ["ex5.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Make+me+compile%21%0A%0Aenum+Reaction%3C%27a%3E+%7B%0A++++Sad%28%26%27a+str%29%2C%0A++++Happy%28%26%27a+str%29%2C%0A%7D%0A%0Afn+express%28sentiment%3A+Reaction%29+%7B%0A++++match+sentiment+%7B%0A++++++++Reaction%3A%3ASad%28s%29+%3D%3E+println%21%28%22%3A%28+%7B%7D%22%2C+s%29%2C%0A++++++++Reaction%3A%3AHappy%28s%29+%3D%3E+println%21%28%22%3A%29+%7B%7D%22%2C+s%29%2C%0A++++%7D%0A%7D%0A%0Afn+main+%28%29+%7B%0A++++let+x+%3D+Reaction%3A%3AHappy%28%22It%27s+a+great+day+for+Rust%21%22%29%3B%0A++++express%28x%29%3B%0A++++express%28x%29%3B%0A++++let+y+%3D+Reaction%3A%3ASad%28%22This+code+doesn%27t+compile+yet.%22%29%3B%0A++++express%28y%29%3B%0A%7D%0A)

## To help with this repo/TODO list

* File issues for problems or suggestions!
* Contribute more exercises! Anything that took you time to get used to, or that you had trouble with, or that deserves practice would be a good exercise!
* Organize the exercises (by topic? progression of difficulty?)
* Add some exercises that are "make the test pass" instead of "make this compile"
* Write some hints or sample answers
* Figure out a nice way to link the code directly into playpen