RustBrock/loops/src/main.rs
2025-01-02 14:12:46 -07:00

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Rust

fn main() {
println!("Hello, world!");
looping_through_a_list_with_rev();
}
// rust has 3 types of loops: loop, while and for
// This will not stop until interrupted unless told by a return, break or a ctrl-c
fn forever_loop () {
loop {
println!("another loop!")
}
let mut counter = 0;
let value_from_loop = loop {
counter += 1;
if counter == 4 {
break counter;
}
};
}
// continue
// this will start the loop over again from the top regardless of the code after it
// break, can return values from a loop, needs a ; after break to do that
// one use of a loop is checking weather a thread is finished or do a operation that you know might fail
fn loop_with_labels () {
let mut counter = 0;
let result = 'first_loop: loop {
println!("counter = {counter}");
let mut remaining = 10;
'inner_loop: loop {
println!("remaining = {remaining}");
if remaining == 9 {
// both acceptable
break 'inner_loop;
// continue 'inner_loop;
}
if counter == 2 {
// returns a value and goes out of the outermost loop called/labelled first_loop
break 'first_loop counter*2;
}
remaining -= 1;
}
counter += 1;
};
println!("counter = {counter}");
println!("result = {result}");
}
fn looping_with_while () {
let mut count_down = 3;
println!("liftoff in {count_down} seconds");
while count_down != 0 {
println!("{}!", count_down);
count_down -= 1;
}
println!("Lift-Off!");
}
// while will only run when the condition/bool is true otherwise it will call a break of the loop by itself
// removes a lot of the nesting of if, else, and break statements in loops
fn looping_through_a_list () {
let a = [32, 5, 20, 40, 50, 60];
let mut index = 0;
// if a.len was a static number this would/could cause the program to panic
// because if a was modified and the static number was not then it would attempt to go out out the assigned memory
// compiler will add code to check if static number is within the bounds and therefore is slower
// using list.len() is always a better solution
while index < a.len() {
println!("the value is: {}", a[index]);
index += 1;
}
}
// for loops are the most safe and easy to use
fn looping_through_a_list_more_concise_and_secure () {
let b = [32, 5, 6, 79, 88, 99];
// is is more safe and is faster than even a.len() no operation for checking the size everytime/re-eval the bool
// removed chance of bug in static number and is faster
for element in b {
println!("the value is {}", element);
}
// Ranges are start..end not Range(5), that range method/funct is fake
for num in 0..5 {
println!("the value is now: {}", num);
}
}
fn looping_through_a_list_with_rev () {
// this reverse the order of a range
for number in (1..4).rev() {
println!("{}!", number);
}
println!("Lift-Off!!");
}