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Rust Match Pattern Cheatsheet

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rust programming

Remembering all the various patterns that can be used in a match expression can be quite tricky, so here’s a free comprehensive list you can reference anytime 😄.

Pattern Example
Wildcard _
Literals 300
”john”
Range 0 ..= 10
’a’ ..= ‘z’
Variable name
mut name
(Moves value into variable name)
ref Variable ref name
ref mut name
Reference &value
&(a, b)
(Matches only reference values)
Tuple (x, y, z)
Array [r, g, b]
Slice [a, b]
[a, _, c]
[a, .., z]
Enum Some(value)
None
Day::Monday
Struct Axis(x, y)
Person {name, age}
Profile {id, name, …}
Shape {length: 10, active: true}
@ Binding val @ 0 ..= 20
ref square @ Shape::Square {..}
Multiple patterns ‘a’ | ‘b’
Guard expression x if x*x <= 10

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