From 3a172ccf30162a8e6d372becca3d772ec15e3f07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Carol (Nichols || Goulding)" Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 16:15:21 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Make strings2 less confusing, thank you @glenjamin!! :tada: Fixes #41. --- README.md | 2 +- strings/strings2.rs | 13 ++++++------- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a224228..0ddc45b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ following exercises will ask you to make tests pass! [Relevant chapter in The Rust Programming Language](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/strings.html) - ["strings1.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Make+me+compile+without+changing+the+function+signature%21+Scroll+down+for+hints+%3A%29%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++let+answer+%3D+current_favorite_color%28%29%3B%0A++++println%21%28%22My+current+favorite+color+is+%7B%7D%22%2C+answer%29%3B%0A%7D%0A%0Afn+current_favorite_color%28%29+-%3E+String+%7B%0A++++%22blue%22%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+%60current_favorite_color%60+function+is+currently+returning+a+string+slice+with+the+%60%27static%60%0A%2F%2F+lifetime.+We+know+this+because+the+data+of+the+string+lives+in+our+code+itself+--+it+doesn%27t%0A%2F%2F+come+from+a+file+or+user+input+or+another+program+--+so+it+will+live+as+long+as+our+program%0A%2F%2F+lives.+But+it+is+still+a+string+slice.+There%27s+one+way+to+create+a+%60String%60+by+converting+a%0A%2F%2F+string+slice+covered+in+the+Strings+chapter+of+the+book%2C+and+another+way+that+uses+the+%60From%60%0A%2F%2F+trait.%0A) -- ["strings2.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Make+me+compile+without+changing+the+function+signature%21+Scroll+down+for+hints+%3A%29%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++let+guess1+%3D+%22blue%22.to_string%28%29%3B+%2F%2F+Try+not+changing+this+line+%3A%29%0A++++let+correct+%3D+guess_favorite_color%28guess1%29%3B%0A++++if+correct+%7B%0A++++++++println%21%28%22You+guessed+correctly%21%22%29%3B%0A++++%7D+else+%7B%0A++++++++println%21%28%22Nope%2C+that%27s+not+it.%22%29%3B%0A++++%7D%0A%7D%0A%0Afn+guess_favorite_color%28attempt%3A+%26str%29+-%3E+bool+%7B%0A++++attempt+%3D%3D+%22green%22%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%2F%2F+Yes%2C+it+would+be+really+easy+to+fix+this+by+just+changing+the+value+bound+to+%60guess1%60+to+be+a%0A%2F%2F+string+slice+instead+of+a+%60String%60%2C+wouldn%27t+it%3F%3F+There+is+a+way+to+add+one+character+to+line%0A%2F%2F+5%2C+though%2C+that+will+coerce+the+%60String%60+into+a+string+slice.%0A) +- ["strings2.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Make+me+compile+without+changing+the+function+signature%21+Scroll+down+for+hints+%3A%29%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++let+word+%3D+String%3A%3Afrom%28%22green%22%29%3B+%2F%2F+Try+not+changing+this+line+%3A%29%0A++++if+is_a_color_word%28word%29+%7B%0A++++++++println%21%28%22That+is+a+color+word+I+know%21%22%29%3B%0A++++%7D+else+%7B%0A++++++++println%21%28%22That+is+not+a+color+word+I+know.%22%29%3B%0A++++%7D%0A%7D%0A%0Afn+is_a_color_word%28attempt%3A+%26str%29+-%3E+bool+%7B%0A++++attempt+%3D%3D+%22green%22+%7C%7C+attempt+%3D%3D+%22blue%22+%7C%7C+attempt+%3D%3D+%22red%22%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%2F%2F+Yes%2C+it+would+be+really+easy+to+fix+this+by+just+changing+the+value+bound+to+%60guess1%60+to+be+a%0A%2F%2F+string+slice+instead+of+a+%60String%60%2C+wouldn%27t+it%3F%3F+There+is+a+way+to+add+one+character+to+line%0A%2F%2F+5%2C+though%2C+that+will+coerce+the+%60String%60+into+a+string+slice.%0A) - ["strings3.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Ok%2C+here+are+a+bunch+of+values--+some+are+%60Strings%60%2C+some+are+%60%26strs%60.+Your%0A%2F%2F+task+is+to+call+one+of+these+two+functions+on+each+value+depending+on+what%0A%2F%2F+you+think+each+value+is.+That+is%2C+add+either+%60string_slice%60+or+%60string%60%0A%2F%2F+before+the+parentheses+on+each+line.+If+you%27re+right%2C+it+will+compile%21%0A%0Afn+string_slice%28arg%3A+%26str%29+%7B+println%21%28%22%7B%7D%22%2C+arg%29%3B+%7D%0Afn+string%28arg%3A+String%29+%7B+println%21%28%22%7B%7D%22%2C+arg%29%3B+%7D%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++%28%22blue%22%29%3B%0A++++%28%22red%22.to_string%28%29%29%3B%0A++++%28String%3A%3Afrom%28%22hi%22%29%29%3B%0A++++%28format%21%28%22Interpolation+%7B%7D%22%2C+%22Station%22%29%29%3B%0A++++%28%26String%3A%3Afrom%28%22abc%22%29%5B0..1%5D%29%3B%0A++++%28%22++hello+there+%22.trim%28%29%29%3B%0A++++%28%22Happy+Monday%21%22.to_string%28%29.replace%28%22Mon%22%2C+%22Tues%22%29%29%3B%0A++++%28%22mY+sHiFt+KeY+iS+sTiCkY%22.to_lowercase%28%29%29%3B%0A%7D%0A) ### Move semantics diff --git a/strings/strings2.rs b/strings/strings2.rs index 235468b..df0d46a 100644 --- a/strings/strings2.rs +++ b/strings/strings2.rs @@ -1,17 +1,16 @@ // Make me compile without changing the function signature! Scroll down for hints :) fn main() { - let guess1 = "blue".to_string(); // Try not changing this line :) - let correct = guess_favorite_color(guess1); - if correct { - println!("You guessed correctly!"); + let word = String::from("green"); // Try not changing this line :) + if is_a_color_word(word) { + println!("That is a color word I know!"); } else { - println!("Nope, that's not it."); + println!("That is not a color word I know."); } } -fn guess_favorite_color(attempt: &str) -> bool { - attempt == "green" +fn is_a_color_word(attempt: &str) -> bool { + attempt == "green" || attempt == "blue" || attempt == "red" }