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<h1 id="others"><a class="header" href="#others">Others</a></h1>
<h3 id="convert-any-type-to-string"><a class="header" href="#convert-any-type-to-string">Convert any type to String</a></h3>
<p>To convert any type to <code>String</code>, you can simply use the <code>ToString</code> trait for that type. Rather than doing that directly, you should implement the <code>fmt::Display</code> trait which will automatically provides <code>ToString</code> and also allows you to print the type with <code>println!</code>.</p>
<ol>
<li>🌟🌟</li>
</ol>
<pre><pre class="playground"><code class="language-rust editable edition2021">use std::fmt;
struct Point {
x: i32,
y: i32,
}
impl fmt::Display for Point {
// IMPLEMENT fmt method
}
fn main() {
let origin = Point { x: 0, y: 0 };
// FILL in the blanks
assert_eq!(origin.__, "The point is (0, 0)");
assert_eq!(format!(__), "The point is (0, 0)");
println!("Success!");
}</code></pre></pre>
<h3 id="parse-a-string"><a class="header" href="#parse-a-string">Parse a String</a></h3>
<ol start="2">
<li>🌟🌟🌟 We can use <code>parse</code> method to convert a <code>String</code> into a <code>i32</code> number, this is because <code>FromStr</code> is implemented for <code>i32</code> type in standard library: <code>impl FromStr for i32</code></li>
</ol>
<pre><pre class="playground"><code class="language-rust editable edition2021">// To use `from_str` method, you need to introduce this trait into the current scope.
use std::str::FromStr;
fn main() {
let parsed: i32 = "5".__.unwrap();
let turbo_parsed = "10".__.unwrap();
let from_str = __.unwrap();
let sum = parsed + turbo_parsed + from_str;
assert_eq!(sum, 35);
println!("Success!");
}</code></pre></pre>
<ol start="3">
<li>🌟🌟 We can also implement the <code>FromStr</code> trait for our custom types</li>
</ol>
<pre><pre class="playground"><code class="language-rust editable edition2021">use std::str::FromStr;
use std::num::ParseIntError;
#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
struct Point {
x: i32,
y: i32
}
impl FromStr for Point {
type Err = ParseIntError;
fn from_str(s: &amp;str) -&gt; Result&lt;Self, Self::Err&gt; {
let coords: Vec&lt;&amp;str&gt; = s.trim_matches(|p| p == '(' || p == ')' )
.split(',')
.map(|x| x.trim())
.collect();
let x_fromstr = coords[0].parse::&lt;i32&gt;()?;
let y_fromstr = coords[1].parse::&lt;i32&gt;()?;
Ok(Point { x: x_fromstr, y: y_fromstr })
}
}
fn main() {
// FILL in the blanks in two ways
// DON'T change code anywhere else
let p = __;
assert_eq!(p.unwrap(), Point{ x: 3, y: 4} );
println!("Success!");
}</code></pre></pre>
<h3 id="deref"><a class="header" href="#deref">Deref</a></h3>
<p>You can find all the examples and exercises of the <code>Deref</code> trait <a href="https://practice.rs/smart-pointers/deref.html">here</a>.</p>
<h3 id="transmute"><a class="header" href="#transmute">Transmute</a></h3>
<p><code>std::mem::transmute</code> is a <strong>unsafe function</strong> can be used to reinterprets the bits of a value of one type as another type. Both of the original and the result types must have the same size and neither of them can be invalid.</p>
<p><code>transmute</code> is semantically equivalent to a bitwise move of one type into another. It copies the bits from the source value into the destination value, then forgets the original, seems equivalent to C's <code>memcpy</code> under the hood.</p>
<p>So, <strong><code>transmute</code> is incredibly unsafe !</strong> The caller has to ensure all the safes himself!</p>
<h4 id="examples"><a class="header" href="#examples">Examples</a></h4>
<ol>
<li><code>transmute</code> can be used to turn a pointer into a function pointer, this is not portable on machines where function pointer and data pointer have different sizes.</li>
</ol>
<pre><pre class="playground"><code class="language-rust editable edition2021">fn foo() -&gt; i32 {
0
}
fn main() {
let pointer = foo as *const ();
let function = unsafe {
std::mem::transmute::&lt;*const (), fn() -&gt; i32&gt;(pointer)
};
assert_eq!(function(), 0);
}</code></pre></pre>
<ol start="2">
<li>Extending a lifetime or shortening the lifetime of an invariant is an advanced usage of <code>transmute</code>, yeah, <strong>very unsafe Rust!</strong>.</li>
</ol>
<pre><pre class="playground"><code class="language-rust editable edition2021">struct R&lt;'a&gt;(&amp;'a i32);
unsafe fn extend_lifetime&lt;'b&gt;(r: R&lt;'b&gt;) -&gt; R&lt;'static&gt; {
std::mem::transmute::&lt;R&lt;'b&gt;, R&lt;'static&gt;&gt;(r)
}
unsafe fn shorten_invariant_lifetime&lt;'b, 'c&gt;(r: &amp;'b mut R&lt;'static&gt;)
-&gt; &amp;'b mut R&lt;'c&gt; {
std::mem::transmute::&lt;&amp;'b mut R&lt;'static&gt;, &amp;'b mut R&lt;'c&gt;&gt;(r)
}</code></pre></pre>
<ol start="3">
<li>Rather than using <code>transmute</code>, you can use some alternatives instead.</li>
</ol>
<pre><pre class="playground"><code class="language-rust editable edition2021">fn main() {
/*Turning raw bytes(&amp;[u8]) to u32, f64, etc.: */
let raw_bytes = [0x78, 0x56, 0x34, 0x12];
let num = unsafe { std::mem::transmute::&lt;[u8; 4], u32&gt;(raw_bytes) };
// Use `u32::from_ne_bytes` instead
let num = u32::from_ne_bytes(raw_bytes);
// Or use `u32::from_le_bytes` or `u32::from_be_bytes` to specify the endianness
let num = u32::from_le_bytes(raw_bytes);
assert_eq!(num, 0x12345678);
let num = u32::from_be_bytes(raw_bytes);
assert_eq!(num, 0x78563412);
/*Turning a pointer into a usize: */
let ptr = &amp;0;
let ptr_num_transmute = unsafe { std::mem::transmute::&lt;&amp;i32, usize&gt;(ptr) };
// Use an `as` cast instead
let ptr_num_cast = ptr as *const i32 as usize;
/*Turning an &amp;mut T into an &amp;mut U: */
let ptr = &amp;mut 0;
let val_transmuted = unsafe { std::mem::transmute::&lt;&amp;mut i32, &amp;mut u32&gt;(ptr) };
// Now, put together `as` and reborrowing - note the chaining of `as`
// `as` is not transitive
let val_casts = unsafe { &amp;mut *(ptr as *mut i32 as *mut u32) };
/*Turning an &amp;str into a &amp;[u8]: */
// This is not a good way to do this.
let slice = unsafe { std::mem::transmute::&lt;&amp;str, &amp;[u8]&gt;("Rust") };
assert_eq!(slice, &amp;[82, 117, 115, 116]);
// You could use `str::as_bytes`
let slice = "Rust".as_bytes();
assert_eq!(slice, &amp;[82, 117, 115, 116]);
// Or, just use a byte string, if you have control over the string
// literal
assert_eq!(b"Rust", &amp;[82, 117, 115, 116]);
}</code></pre></pre>
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<p>You can find the solutions <a href="https://github.com/sunface/rust-by-practice/blob/master/solutions/type-conversions/others.md">here</a>(under the solutions path), but only use it when you need it</p>
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