Convert by as
Rust provides no implicit type conversion(coercion) between primitive types. But explicit type conversions can be performed using the as
keyword.
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// FIX the errors and FILL in the blank // DON'T remove any code fn main() { let decimal = 97.123_f32; let integer: __ = decimal as u8; let c1: char = decimal as char; let c2 = integer as char; assert_eq!(integer, 'b' as u8); println!("Success!"); }
- 🌟🌟 By default, overflow will cause compile errors, but we can add an global annotation to suppress these errors.
fn main() { assert_eq!(u8::MAX, 255); // The max of `u8` is 255 as shown above. // so the below code will cause an overflow error: literal out of range for `u8`. // PLEASE looking for clues within compile errors to FIX it. // DON'T modify any code in main. let v = 1000 as u8; println!("Success!"); }
- 🌟🌟 When casting any value to an unsigned type
T
,T::MAX + 1
is added or subtracted until the value fits into the new type.
fn main() { assert_eq!(1000 as u16, __); assert_eq!(1000 as u8, __); // For positive numbers, this is the same as the modulus println!("1000 mod 256 is : {}", 1000 % 256); assert_eq!(-1_i8 as u8, __); // Since Rust 1.45, the `as` keyword performs a *saturating cast* // when casting from float to int. If the floating point value exceeds // the upper bound or is less than the lower bound, the returned value // will be equal to the bound crossed. assert_eq!(300.1_f32 as u8, __); assert_eq!(-100.1_f32 as u8, __); // This behavior incurs a small runtime cost and can be avoided // with unsafe methods, however the results might overflow and // return **unsound values**. Use these methods wisely: unsafe { // 300.0 is 44 println!("300.0 is {}", 300.0_f32.to_int_unchecked::<u8>()); // -100.0 as u8 is 156 println!("-100.0 as u8 is {}", (-100.0_f32).to_int_unchecked::<u8>()); // nan as u8 is 0 println!("nan as u8 is {}", f32::NAN.to_int_unchecked::<u8>()); } }
- 🌟🌟🌟 Raw pointers can be converted to memory address (integer) and vice versa.
// FILL in the blanks fn main() { let mut values: [i32; 2] = [1, 2]; let p1: *mut i32 = values.as_mut_ptr(); let first_address: usize = p1 __; let second_address = first_address + 4; // 4 == std::mem::size_of::<i32>() let p2: *mut i32 = second_address __; // p2 points to the 2nd element in values unsafe { // Add one to the second element __ } assert_eq!(values[1], 3); println!("Success!"); }
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fn main() { let arr :[u64; 13] = [0; 13]; assert_eq!(std::mem::size_of_val(&arr), 8 * 13); let a: *const [u64] = &arr; let b = a as *const [u8]; unsafe { assert_eq!(std::mem::size_of_val(&*b), __) } println!("Success!"); }
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