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midor
midor

Reputation: 5557

Assignment from Rust match statement

Is there an idiom in Rust which is used to assign the value of a variable based on a match clause? I know something like 

val b = a match {
     case x if x % 2 == 1 => false
     case _ => true
}

from Scala and was wondering whether you can do the same in Rust. Is there a way to evaluate a match clause as an expression and return something from it or is it just a statement in Rust?

Upvotes: 18

Views: 20007

Answers (2)

Chris Emerson
Chris Emerson

Reputation: 14061

In Rust, nearly every statement is also an expression.

You can do this:

fn main() {
    let a = 3;
    let b = match a {
        x if x % 2 == 1 => false,
        _ => true,
    };
}

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Upvotes: 29

ljedrz
ljedrz

Reputation: 22283

Sure there is:

fn main() {
    let a = 1;

    let b = match a % 2 {
        1 => false,
        _ => true
    };

    assert_eq!(b, false);
}

Relevant Rust Reference chapter: match expressions.

Though in your case a simple if would suffice:

let b = if a % 2 == 1 { false } else { true };

or even

let b = a % 2 != 1;

Upvotes: 7

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