Blocks and Scopes
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A block in Rust contains a sequence of expressions, enclosed by braces {}
. Each block has a value and a type, which are those of the last expression of the block:
fn main() { let z = 13; let x = { let y = 10; println!("y: {y}"); z - y }; println!("x: {x}"); }
If the last expression ends with ;
, then the resulting value and type is ()
.
This slide and its sub-slides should take about 5 minutes.
- You can show how the value of the block changes by changing the last line in the block. For instance, adding/removing a semicolon or using a
return
.