-struct ImportantExcerpt<'a> {
- part: &'a str,
+// ANCHOR: here
+fn first_word(s: &str) -> &str {
+ let bytes = s.as_bytes();
+
+ for (i, &item) in bytes.iter().enumerate() {
+ if item == b' ' {
+ return &s[0..i];
+ }
+ }
+
+ &s[..]
}
+// ANCHOR_END: here
fn main() {
- let novel = String::from("Call me Ishmael. Some years ago...");
- let first_sentence = novel.split('.').next().expect("Could not find a '.'");
- let i = ImportantExcerpt {
- part: first_sentence,
- };
+ let my_string = String::from("hello world");
+
+ // first_word works on slices of `String`s
+ let word = first_word(&my_string[..]);
+
+ let my_string_literal = "hello world";
+
+ // first_word works on slices of string literals
+ let word = first_word(&my_string_literal[..]);
+
+ // Because string literals *are* string slices already,
+ // this works too, without the slice syntax!
+ let word = first_word(my_string_literal);
}