Trait FromStr

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pub trait FromStr: Sized {
    type Err;

    // Required method
    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err>;
}

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Parse a value from a string

FromStr’s from_str method is often used implicitly, through str’s parse method. See parse’s documentation for examples.

FromStr does not have a lifetime parameter, and so you can only parse types that do not contain a lifetime parameter themselves. In other words, you can parse an i32 with FromStr, but not a &i32. You can parse a struct that contains an i32, but not one that contains an &i32.

§Input format and round-tripping

The input format expected by a type’s FromStr implementation depends on the type. Check the type’s documentation for the input formats it knows how to parse. Note that the input format of a type’s FromStr implementation might not necessarily accept the output format of its Display implementation, and even if it does, the Display implementation may not be lossless so the round-trip may lose information.

However, if a type has a lossless Display implementation whose output is meant to be conveniently machine-parseable and not just meant for human consumption, then the type may wish to accept the same format in FromStr, and document that usage. Having both Display and FromStr implementations where the result of Display cannot be parsed with FromStr may surprise users.

§Examples

Basic implementation of FromStr on an example Point type:

use std::str::FromStr;

#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
struct Point {
    x: i32,
    y: i32
}

#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
struct ParsePointError;

impl FromStr for Point {
    type Err = ParsePointError;

    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
        let (x, y) = s
            .strip_prefix('(')
            .and_then(|s| s.strip_suffix(')'))
            .and_then(|s| s.split_once(','))
            .ok_or(ParsePointError)?;

        let x_fromstr = x.parse::<i32>().map_err(|_| ParsePointError)?;
        let y_fromstr = y.parse::<i32>().map_err(|_| ParsePointError)?;

        Ok(Point { x: x_fromstr, y: y_fromstr })
    }
}

let expected = Ok(Point { x: 1, y: 2 });
// Explicit call
assert_eq!(Point::from_str("(1,2)"), expected);
// Implicit calls, through parse
assert_eq!("(1,2)".parse(), expected);
assert_eq!("(1,2)".parse::<Point>(), expected);
// Invalid input string
assert!(Point::from_str("(1 2)").is_err());

Required Associated Types§

1.0.0 · Source

type Err

The associated error which can be returned from parsing.

Required Methods§

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fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err>

Parses a string s to return a value of this type.

If parsing succeeds, return the value inside Ok, otherwise when the string is ill-formatted return an error specific to the inside Err. The error type is specific to the implementation of the trait.

§Examples

Basic usage with i32, a type that implements FromStr:

use std::str::FromStr;

let s = "5";
let x = i32::from_str(s).unwrap();

assert_eq!(5, x);

Dyn Compatibility§

This trait is not dyn compatible.

In older versions of Rust, dyn compatibility was called "object safety", so this trait is not object safe.

Trait FromStr Copy item path

§Input format and round-tripping

§Examples

Required Associated Types§

type Err

Required Methods§

fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err>

§Examples

Dyn Compatibility§

Implementors§

impl FromStr for CoreLibPointerId

type Err = String

impl FromStr for InterfaceDirection

type Err = ParseError

impl FromStr for DecimalTypeVariant

type Err = ParseError

impl FromStr for IntegerTypeVariant

type Err = ParseError

impl FromStr for IpAddr

type Err = AddrParseError

impl FromStr for SocketAddr

type Err = AddrParseError

impl FromStr for chrono::month::Month

§Example

type Err = ParseMonthError

impl FromStr for chrono::weekday::Weekday

§Example

type Err = ParseWeekdayError

impl FromStr for TagMode

type Err = Error

impl FromStr for IpNet

type Err = AddrParseError

impl FromStr for log::Level

type Err = ParseLevelError

impl FromStr for log::LevelFilter

type Err = ParseLevelError

impl FromStr for Signal

type Err = Errno

impl FromStr for CidrSubnet

type Err = ()

impl FromStr for Value

type Err = Error

impl FromStr for FlowControl

type Err = ()

impl FromStr for UnderlineOption

type Err = ParseThemeError

impl FromStr for time::month::Month

type Err = InvalidVariant

impl FromStr for time::weekday::Weekday

type Err = InvalidVariant

impl FromStr for bool

type Err = ParseBoolError

impl FromStr for char

type Err = ParseCharError

impl FromStr for f16

type Err = ParseFloatError

impl FromStr for f32

type Err = ParseFloatError

impl FromStr for f64

type Err = ParseFloatError

impl FromStr for i8

type Err = ParseIntError

impl FromStr for i16

type Err = ParseIntError

impl FromStr for i32

type Err = ParseIntError

impl FromStr for i64

type Err = ParseIntError

impl FromStr for i128

type Err = ParseIntError

impl FromStr for isize

type Err = ParseIntError

impl FromStr for u8

type Err = ParseIntError

impl FromStr for u16

type Err = ParseIntError

impl FromStr for u32

type Err = ParseIntError

impl FromStr for u64

type Err = ParseIntError

Trait FromStr