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diff --git a/exercises/error_handling/errors3.rs b/exercises/error_handling/errors3.rs new file mode 100755 index 0000000..9c29af5 --- /dev/null +++ b/exercises/error_handling/errors3.rs @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +// errors3.rs +// This is a program that is trying to use a completed version of the +// `total_cost` function from the previous exercise. It's not working though-- +// we can't use the `?` operator in the `main()` function! Why not? +// What should we do instead? Scroll for hints! + +use std::num::ParseIntError; + +fn main() { + let mut tokens = 100; + let pretend_user_input = "8"; + + let cost = total_cost(pretend_user_input)?; + + if cost > tokens { + println!("You can't afford that many!"); + } else { + tokens -= cost; + println!("You now have {} tokens.", tokens); + } +} + +pub fn total_cost(item_quantity: &str) -> Result<i32, ParseIntError> { + let processing_fee = 1; + let cost_per_item = 5; + let qty = item_quantity.parse::<i32>()?; + + Ok(qty * cost_per_item + processing_fee) +} + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +// Since the `?` operator returns an `Err` early if the thing it's trying to +// do fails, you can only use the `?` operator in functions that have a +// `Result` as their return type. + +// Hence the error that you get if you run this code is: + +// ``` +// error[E0277]: the `?` operator can only be used in a function that returns `Result` (or another type that implements `std::ops::Try`) +// ``` + +// So we have to use another way of handling a `Result` within `main`. + +// Decide what we should do if `pretend_user_input` has a string value that does +// not parse to an integer, and implement that instead of using the `?` +// operator. |
