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diff --git a/exercises/options/README.md b/exercises/options/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6140a16 --- /dev/null +++ b/exercises/options/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +# Options + +Type Option represents an optional value: every Option is either Some and contains a value, or None, and does not. +Option types are very common in Rust code, as they have a number of uses: +- Initial values +- Return values for functions that are not defined over their entire input range (partial functions) +- Return value for otherwise reporting simple errors, where None is returned on error +- Optional struct fields +- Struct fields that can be loaned or "taken" +- Optional function arguments +- Nullable pointers +- Swapping things out of difficult situations + +## Further Information + +- [Option Enum Format](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/ch10-01-syntax.html#in-enum-definitions) +- [Option Module Documentation](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/option/) +- [Option Enum Documentation](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/option/enum.Option.html) +- [if let](https://doc.rust-lang.org/rust-by-example/flow_control/if_let.html) +- [while let](https://doc.rust-lang.org/rust-by-example/flow_control/while_let.html) |