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# Options
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Type Option represents an optional value: every Option is either Some and contains a value, or None, and does not.
Option types are very common in Rust code, as they have a number of uses:
- Initial values
- Return values for functions that are not defined over their entire input range (partial functions)
- Return value for otherwise reporting simple errors, where None is returned on error
- Optional struct fields
- Struct fields that can be loaned or "taken"
- Optional function arguments
- Nullable pointers
- Swapping things out of difficult situations
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## Further Information
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- [Option Enum Format](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch10-01-syntax.html#in-enum-definitions)
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- [Option Module Documentation](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/option/)
- [Option Enum Documentation](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/option/enum.Option.html)
- [if let](https://doc.rust-lang.org/rust-by-example/flow_control/if_let.html)
- [while let](https://doc.rust-lang.org/rust-by-example/flow_control/while_let.html)