Rustling Lifetime

27 Aug 2022

Lifetime syntax

fn longest<'a>(x: &'a str, y: &'a str) -> &'a str {
    if x.len() > y.len() {
        x
    } else {
        y
    }
}

fn main() {
    let string1 = String::from("abcd");
    let string2 = "xyz";

    let result = longest(string1.as_str(), string2);
    println!("The longest string is {}", result);
}

Solution 1

fn longest<'a>(x: &'a str, y: &'a str) -> &'a str {
    if x.len() > y.len() {
        x
    } else {
        y
    }
}

fn main() {
    let string1 = String::from("long string is long");
    let result;
    //{
        let string2 = String::from("xyz");
        result = longest(string1.as_str(), string2.as_str());
    //}
    println!("The longest string is {}", result);
}

Solution 2

fn longest<'a>(x: &'a str, y: &'a str) -> &'a str {
    if x.len() > y.len() {
        x
    } else {
        y
    }
}

fn main() {
    let string1 = String::from("long string is long");
    let result;
    {
        let string2 = String::from("xyz");
        result = longest(string1.as_str(), string2.as_str());
        println!("The longest string is {}", result);
    }
    
}

Lifetime in Struct

struct Book<'a> {
    author: &'a str,
    title: &'a str,
}

fn main() {
    let name = String::from("Jill Smith");
    let title = String::from("Fish Flying");
    let book = Book { author: &name, title: &title };

    println!("{} by {}", book.title, book.author);
}