Rust - Array of Vecs Example

Array of Vecs Example

This page was last reviewed on Mar 22, 2023.

Array, vecs. Suppose we want to store a vector in each element of an array. We must first initialize this array, which can be confusing in Rust.

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When initializing arrays, each initial element must be a constant. In Rust we can use a const empty array to satisfy this condition.

Example code. In this example program, we create an array of 10 vectors. Each vector is separate, and represents a separate region of memory.

Start To initialize the array, we use a constant empty vector. This is like a placeholder for each array element.

Here We iterate over the array elements and for each vector, we push 3 integers.

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Result In the final for-loop, we see the array has 10 elements and each element is a vector with 3 integers in it.

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fn main() { // Specify an empty vector as a constant. const EMPTY: Vec<i32> = vec![]; // Initialize the array. let mut array = [EMPTY; 10]; // Loop over the array vectors and push 3 numbers to each one. for array in array.iter_mut() { array.push(1); array.push(2); array.push(3); } // Print the vector data in the array. for array in array.iter() { println!("{:?}", array); } }

[1, 2, 3] [1, 2, 3] [1, 2, 3] [1, 2, 3] [1, 2, 3] [1, 2, 3] [1, 2, 3] [1, 2, 3] [1, 2, 3] [1, 2, 3]

A summary. To create an array of vectors, we must initialize with a constant empty array. This allows the array creation expression to compile correctly.

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This page was last updated on Mar 22, 2023 (edit).

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