Module collections::slice [] [src]

A dynamically-sized view into a contiguous sequence, [T].

Slices are a view into a block of memory represented as a pointer and a length.

fn main() { // slicing a Vec let vec = vec![1, 2, 3]; let int_slice = &vec[..]; // coercing an array to a slice let str_slice: &[&str] = &["one", "two", "three"]; }
// slicing a Vec
let vec = vec![1, 2, 3];
let int_slice = &vec[..];
// coercing an array to a slice
let str_slice: &[&str] = &["one", "two", "three"];

Slices are either mutable or shared. The shared slice type is &[T], while the mutable slice type is &mut [T], where T represents the element type. For example, you can mutate the block of memory that a mutable slice points to:

fn main() { let x = &mut [1, 2, 3]; x[1] = 7; assert_eq!(x, &[1, 7, 3]); }
let x = &mut [1, 2, 3];
x[1] = 7;
assert_eq!(x, &[1, 7, 3]);

Here are some of the things this module contains:

Structs

There are several structs that are useful for slices, such as Iter, which represents iteration over a slice.

Trait Implementations

There are several implementations of common traits for slices. Some examples include:

Iteration

The slices implement IntoIterator. The iterator yields references to the slice elements.

fn main() { let numbers = &[0, 1, 2]; for n in numbers { println!("{} is a number!", n); } }
let numbers = &[0, 1, 2];
for n in numbers {
    println!("{} is a number!", n);
}

The mutable slice yields mutable references to the elements:

fn main() { let mut scores = [7, 8, 9]; for score in &mut scores[..] { *score += 1; } }
let mut scores = [7, 8, 9];
for score in &mut scores[..] {
    *score += 1;
}

This iterator yields mutable references to the slice's elements, so while the element type of the slice is i32, the element type of the iterator is &mut i32.

See also the slice primitive type.

Modules

bytes [Deprecated]

Operations on [u8].

Structs

Chunks

An iterator over a slice in (non-overlapping) chunks (size elements at a time).

ChunksMut

An iterator over a slice in (non-overlapping) mutable chunks (size elements at a time). When the slice len is not evenly divided by the chunk size, the last slice of the iteration will be the remainder.

Iter

Immutable slice iterator

IterMut

Mutable slice iterator.

RSplitN

An iterator over subslices separated by elements that match a predicate function, limited to a given number of splits, starting from the end of the slice.

RSplitNMut

An iterator over subslices separated by elements that match a predicate function, limited to a given number of splits, starting from the end of the slice.

Split

An iterator over subslices separated by elements that match a predicate function.

SplitMut

An iterator over the subslices of the vector which are separated by elements that match pred.

SplitN

An iterator over subslices separated by elements that match a predicate function, limited to a given number of splits.

SplitNMut

An iterator over subslices separated by elements that match a predicate function, limited to a given number of splits.

Windows

An iterator over overlapping subslices of length size.

Traits

SliceConcatExt [Unstable]

An extension trait for concatenating slices

Functions

from_raw_parts

Forms a slice from a pointer and a length.

from_raw_parts_mut

Performs the same functionality as from_raw_parts, except that a mutable slice is returned.

mut_ref_slice [Deprecated]

Converts a reference to A into a slice of length 1 (without copying).

ref_slice [Deprecated]

Converts a reference to A into a slice of length 1 (without copying).