diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ef83d4b..8ae46e0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -5514,7 +5514,7 @@ fn main() { Now it won't take types like `i8`. -Don't forget that you can write the function differently when it gets long. If we add Debug then it becomes `fn print_it + Display + Debug>(input: T)` which is long for one line. So we can write it like this: +Don't forget that you can use `where` to write the function differently when it gets long. If we add Debug then it becomes `fn print_it + Display + Debug>(input: T)` which is long for one line. So we can write it like this: ```rust use std::fmt::{Debug, Display}; // add Debug @@ -5534,7 +5534,7 @@ fn main() { ## Chaining methods -Rust is a systems programming language, but it also has a functional style. Both styles are okay, but functional style is usually shorter. Here is an example of declarative style to make a Vec from 1 to 10: +Rust is a systems programming language like C and C++, but it also has a functional style. Both styles are okay, but functional style is usually shorter. Here is an example of the non-functional style (called "declarative style") to make a `Vec` from 1 to 10: ```rust fn main() { @@ -5550,6 +5550,8 @@ fn main() { } ``` +This prints `[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]`. + And here is an example of functional style: ```rust @@ -5563,7 +5565,7 @@ fn main() { `.collect()` can make collections of many types, so we have to tell it the type. -With functional style you can chain methods. That means to put many methods together in a single statement. Here is an example of many methods chained together: +With functional style you can chain methods. "Chaining methods" means to put many methods together in a single statement. Here is an example of many methods chained together: ```rust fn main() { @@ -5575,14 +5577,14 @@ fn main() { } ``` -This creates a Vec with `[3, 4, 5, 6]`. It is a good idea to put each method on a new line if you have many chained methods. This helps you to read the code. Here is the same code with each method on a new line: +This creates a Vec with `[3, 4, 5, 6]`. This is a lot of information for one line, so it can help to put each method on a new line. Let's do that to make it easier to read: ```rust fn main() { let my_vec = vec![0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]; let new_vec = my_vec - .into_iter() // "iterate" over the items (iterate = work with each separately). into_iter() gives us owned values, not references + .into_iter() // "iterate" over the items (iterate = work with each item inside it). into_iter() gives us owned values, not references .skip(3) // skip over three items: 0, 1, and 2 .take(4) // take the next four: 3, 4, 5, and 6 .collect::>(); // put them in a new Vec