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Driptanil DattaSoftware Developer

Mar 202510 min read

Variables and Mutability

fn main() {
    let x = 5;
    println!("The value of x is: {}", x);
 
    x = 6;
    println!("The value of x is: {}", x);
}

Execution Output

Error: cannot mutate immutable variable `x`

because by default Rust variables are immutable

fn main() {
    let mut x = 5;
    println!("The value of x is: {}", x);
 
    x = 6;
    println!("The value of x is: {}", x);
}

adding mut makes the variable mutable

Constants

fn main() {
    const MAX_POINTS: u32 = 100_000;
}

Constant variables must be annotated with a type, and it is not inferred with a type at compile time

fn main() {
    const mut MAX_POINTS: u32 = 100_000;
}

Execution Output

Error: const globals cannot be mutable

Shadowing

fn main() {
    let x = 5;
    println!("The value of x is: {}", x);
 
    let x = 6;
    println!("The value of x is: {}", x);
}

x in line 2 is shadowed by x in line 5
helps in preserving immutability

fn main() {
    let x = 5;
    println!("The value of x is: {}", x);
 
    let x = "five";
    println!("The value of x is: {}", x);
}

changing the type of the variable

Scalar Datatypes

represent a single value (integers, floating-point numbers, Booleans, and characters)

fn main() {
    let x: u8 = 255;
    let y: u16 = 65535;
    let z: u32 = 4_294_967_295;
    let a: u64 = 18_446_744_073_709_551_615;
    let b: u128 = 340_282_366_920_938_463_463_374_607_431_768_211_455;
    let c: usize = usize::MAX;
 
    let d: i8 = 127;
    let e: i16 = 32_767;
    let f: i32 = 2_147_483_647;
    let g: i64 = 9_223_372_036_854_775_807;
    let h: i128 = 170_141_183_460_469_231_731_687_303_715_884_105_727;
    let i: isize = isize::MAX;
 
    let j: f32 = f32::MAX;
    let k: f64 = f64::MAX;
 
    let l:bool = true;
    let m:char = 'a';
    let m:char = '😻';
}

https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch03-02-data-types.html (opens in a new tab)

fn main() {
    let f: u8 = 255;
    println!("The value of f is: {}", f);
 
    let f: u8 = 256;
    println!("The value of f is: {}", f);
}

Execution Output

Error: literal out of range for `u8`

Tuple

fn main() {
    let tup: (i32, f64, u8) = (500, 6.4, 1);
}

tuple is a collection of multiple values of different types

Destructuring Tuple

destructuring tuple to get individual values
or using dot notation to get individual values

fn main() {
    let tup = (500, 6.4, 1);
 
    let (x, y, z) = tup;
 
    let x = tup.0;
}

Array

Array is a collection of multiple values of the same type and fixed length

fn main() {
    let a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
}

Functions

Functions are defined using fn keyword
Function names follow the snake_case convention

fn main() {
    print_hello(1000);
}
 
fn print_hello(number: u16) {
    println!("Hello, {}", number);
}

Statements and Expressions

Statements are instructions that perform some action and do not return a value
Expressions evaluate to a resulting value

Returning Values from Functions

return values using -> arrow notation
The last expression in the function is the return value

fn main() {
    let x = five();
    println!("The value of x is: {}", x);
}
 
fn five() -> i32 {
    5
}

Control Flow

if expression must be explicitly bool type

fn main() {
    let number = 3;
 
    if number < 5 {
        println!("condition was true");
    } else {
        println!("condition was false");
    }
}

Loops

loop keyword is used to create an infinite loop
break keyword is used to break the loop

fn main() {
    let mut counter = 0;
 
    loop {
        counter += 1;
 
        if counter == 10 {
            break;
        }
    }
}

While Loop

while loop is used to loop until a condition is met

fn main() {
    let mut number = 3;
 
    while number != 0 {
        println!("{}!", number);
        number -= 1;
    }
 
    println!("LIFTOFF!!!");
}

For Loop

for loop is used to loop over a collection
iter method is used to create an iterator over a collection

fn main() {
    let a = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50];
 
    for element in a.iter() {
        println!("the value is: {}", element);
    }
}

For Loop with Range

for loop is used to loop over a range
rev method is used to reverse the range

fn main() {
    for number in (1..4).rev() {
        println!("{}!", number);
    }
    println!("LIFTOFF!!!");
}

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