Rust-04: More operators and loops

In the last post we improved the simple program to be extendable with other operators. In this post we will implement more operators and a loop. Let’s start with the simple task: adding more operators. To support more operators we have to change two parts of the calculator, the parsing and the evaluation. First let’s look into changing the parser. For this we simply add the new operators (-*/) to the regex inside Operation::from_string. Continue reading

Rust-03: Improving the simple program

In the last post we created a simple program that would accept an input like 5+5 and calculates the result. In this post we will improve this program. To prepare for adding more operators we need to improve the input-parsing. Currently, we just split the input-string at the plus-sign. If we want to know the operator, we have to choose another approach. In this case I chose regex: #[derive(Debug)] struct Operation { left: i32, operator: char, right: i32, } impl Operation { fn from_string(input: &String) -> Option<Operation> { let regex = Regex::new(r"^\s*(\d+)\s*([+])\s*(\d+)\s*$"). Continue reading

Rust-02: The beginning

At first, I didn’t like Rust. Managing memory myself is something I don’t want to do. After a first look at Rust and setting it aside for a few weeks, it appeared back on my radar. I thought: “This time I’m looking deeper into it”. So I started by reading the Rust Book; and I’m still reading it and find new concepts that are really clever. One of the first things I discovered is that I do not need to manage memory myself. Continue reading

Rust-01: Why am I learning Rust?

This is a good question, a very good question. Why am I learning Rust? To begin with, I programmed in a lot of languages so far: C++, Python, Swift, Java, Kotlin and TypeScript to name a few. All languages have some features I missed when programming in other languages. Currently, my favorite languages are Kotlin and TypeScript; with Kotlin having the lead. These languages are expressive, and really nice to write. Continue reading