if - else if - else
if
let age = 13;
if age < 18 {
println!("Hello, child!"); // The code prints this
}
if else
let i = 7;
if i % 2 == 0 {
println!("Even");
} else {
println!("Odd"); // The code prints this
}
With let Statements
let age: u8 = 13;
let is_below_eighteen = if age < 18 { true } else { false }; // true
if else if else
i. A simple example,
let team_size = 7;
if team_size < 5 {
println!("Small");
} else if team_size < 10 {
println!("Medium"); // The code prints this
} else {
println!("Large");
}
ii. Let’s refactor the above code,
let team_size = 7;
let team_size_in_text;
if team_size < 5 {
team_size_in_text = "Small";
} else if team_size < 10 {
team_size_in_text = "Medium";
} else {
team_size_in_text = "Large";
}
println!("Current team size : {}", team_size_in_text); // Current team size : Medium
iii. Let’s refactor further (variable shadowing),
let team_size = 7;
let team_size = if team_size < 5 {
"Small" // โญ๏ธ no ;
} else if team_size < 10 {
"Medium"
} else {
"Large"
};
println!("Current team size : {}", team_size); // Current team size : Medium
โญ๏ธ Return data type should be the same on each block when using this as an expression.
match
With Multiple Patterns
let tshirt_width = 20;
let tshirt_size = match tshirt_width {
13 => "XS", // check 13
14 | 15 => "S", // check 14 and 15
16..18 => "M", // check from 16 to 17 / 18 exclusive (16,17)
18..=20 => "L", // check from 18 to 20 (18,19,20)
x if x > 20 && x < 26 => "XL", // check 21 to 25 (21,22,23,24,25)
// >,>=,<,<= via assigning the value to a variable (x) + if
_ => "Not Available", // default behavior, if none of conditions matches
};
println!("{}", tshirt_size); // L
Without Default Behavior
let is_allowed = false;
let list_type = match is_allowed {
true => "Full",
false => "Restricted"
// no default/ _ condition can be skipped
// Because data type of is_allowed is boolean and all possibilities checked on conditions
};
println!("{}", list_type); // Restricted
With Multiple Variable Matchings
let marks_paper_a: u8 = 25;
let marks_paper_b: u8 = 30;
let output = match (marks_paper_a, marks_paper_b) {
(50, 50) => "Full marks for both papers",
(50, _) => "Full marks for paper A",
(_, 50) => "Full marks for paper B",
(x, y) if x > 25 && y > 25 => "Good",
(_, _) => "Work hard"
};
println!("{}", output); // Work hard
loop
Infinite loop
// โ ๏ธ This will run forever without terminating. Termininate manually (Ctrl+C)
loop {
println!("Loop forever!");
}
With break and continue
let mut a = 0;
loop {
if a == 0 {
println!("Skip Value : {}", a);
a += 1;
continue;
} else if a == 2 {
println!("Break At : {}", a);
break;
}
println!("Current Value : {}", a);
a += 1;
}
Returning a Value with break
let (mut x, y) = (1, 10);
let z = loop {
x *= 2; // x = 2,4,8,16...
if x >= y { // 16 >= 10, so return 16
break x;
}
};
println!("{z}"); // 16
Labeling and break the Outer loop
let mut b1 = 1;
'outer: loop { // set label outer (or any other snake_case name)
let mut b2 = 1;
'inner: loop { // set label inner
println!("Current Value : [{}][{}]", b1, b2);
if b1 == 2 && b2 == 2 {
break 'outer; // kill outer loop
} else if b2 == 5 {
break;
}
b2 += 1;
}
b1 += 1;
}
while
Infinite while
// โ ๏ธ This will run forever without terminating. Termininate manually (Ctrl+C)
while true {
println!("While forever!");
}
A simple while
let mut a = 1;
while a <= 10 {
println!("Current value : {}", a);
a += 1; //no ++ or -- on Rust
}
With break and continue
let mut b = 0;
while b < 5 {
if b == 0 {
println!("Skip value : {}", b);
b += 1;
continue;
} else if b == 2 {
println!("Break At : {}", b);
break;
}
println!("Current value : {}", b);
b += 1;
}
// ๐ก You can't break with a value in a while
Labeling and break the Outer while
let mut c1 = 1;
'outer: while c1 < 6 { // set label outer (or any other snake_case name)
let mut c2 = 1;
'inner: while c2 < 6 { // set label inner
println!("Current Value : [{}][{}]", c1, c2);
if c1 == 2 && c2 == 2 {
break 'outer; // kill outer while
}
c2 += 1;
}
c1 += 1;
}
for
A simple for
// 0 to 10 (10 exclusive); In other languages, `for(i = 0; i < 10; i++)`
for i in 0..10 {
println!("Current value : {}", i);
}
// 1 to 10 (10 inclusive); In other languages, `for(i = 1; i <= 10; i++)`
for i in 1..=10 {
println!("Current value : {}", i);
}
With break and continue
// ๐ก You can't break with a value in a for
for b in 0..6 {
if b == 0 {
println!("Skip Value : {}", b);
continue;
} else if b == 2 {
println!("Break At : {}", b);
break;
}
println!("Current value : {}", b);
}
Labeling and break the Outer for
'outer: for c1 in 1..6 { // set label outer (or any other snake_case name)
'inner: for c2 in 1..6 { // set label inner
println!("Current Value : [{}][{}]", c1, c2);
if c1 == 2 && c2 == 2 {
break 'outer; // kill outer for
}
}
}
With Arrays and Vectors
let group : [&str; 4] = ["Mark", "Larry", "Bill", "Steve"];
// ๐ group.len() = 4 check on each iteration of the for loop
for n in 0..group.len() {
println!("Current Person : {}", group[n]);
}
// ๐ group.iter() turn the array into a simple iterator
for person in group.iter() {
println!("Current Person : {person}");
}
// ๐ group.iter().enumerate() helps to read both the current index (starting from zero) and the value
for (index, person) in group.iter().enumerate() {
println!("Person {index} : {person}");
}
With a Vector of Tuples
let list = vec![(1, "Mark"), (2, "Larry"), (3, "Steve")];
for (index, person) in list {
println!("Person {index} : {person}");
}