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Instructions

Result is a better version of the Option type that describes possible error instead of possible absence

Create a structure called Flag that as the following elements:

  • short_hand: String
  • long_hand: String
  • desc: String

This structure must have associated to it a function called opt_flag that initializes the structure. Receiving two references strings and returns the structure Flag. It should be used like this:

    let d = Flag::opt_flag("diff", "gives the difference between two numbers");

    println!("short hand: {}, long hand: {}, description: {}", d.short_hand, d.long_hand, d.desc);
    // output: "short hand: -d, long hand: --diff, description: gives the difference between two numbers"

It will be given a second structure called FlagsHandler that has just one element: flags: HashMap<(String, String), Callback> And the following functions associated to it, for you to complete :

  • add_flag, that adds to the HashMap the flag and the Callback function.
  • exec_func, that executes the function using the flag provided and returns the result, that can be either a string with the value from the callback or an error.

It will also be provided a type called Callback being a function that is going to be used in the structure and functions above. This function will be the callback for the flag associated to it.

You will have to create the following callback functions :

  • div, that converts the reference strings to floats and returns the Result, being the division of the floats or the standard (std) error: ParseFloatError.
  • rem, that converts the reference strings to floats and returns the Result, being the remainder of the division of the floats or the standard (std) error ParseFloatError.

Expected Function

use std::collections::HashMap;

pub type Callback = fn(&str, &str) -> Result<String, ParseFloatError>;

pub struct FlagsHandler {
    pub flags: HashMap<(String, String), Callback>,
}

impl FlagsHandler {
    pub fn add_flag(&mut self, flag: (String, String), func: Callback) {}
    pub fn exec_func(&mut self, flag: (String, String), argv: &[&str]) -> String {}
    }
}

pub struct Flag {
    // expected public fields
}

impl Flag {
    pub fn opt_flag(l_h: &str, d: &str) -> Flag {}
}

pub fn div(a: &str, b: &str) -> Result<String, ParseFloatError> {}
pub fn rem(a: &str, b: &str) -> Result<String, ParseFloatError> {}

Usage

Here is a program to test your function

fn main() {
    let mut handler = FlagsHandler { flags: HashMap::new() };

    let d = Flag::opt_flag("division", "divides the values, formula (a / b)");
    let r = Flag::opt_flag(
        "remainder",
        "remainder of the division between two values, formula (a % b)",
    );

    handler.add_flag((d.short_hand, d.long_hand), div);
    handler.add_flag((r.short_hand, r.long_hand), rem);

    println!("{:?}", handler.exec_func(("-d".to_string(), "--division".to_string()), &["1.0", "2.0"]));

    println!("{:?}",handler.exec_func(("-r".to_string(), "--remainder".to_string()), &["2.0", "2.0"]));
    
    println!("{:?}",handler.exec_func(("-d".to_string(), "--division".to_string()), &["a", "2.0"]));
    
    println!("{:?}",handler.exec_func(("-r".to_string(), "--remainder".to_string()), &["2.0", "fd"]));
}

And its output:

student@ubuntu:~/[[ROOT]]/test$ cargo run
"0.5"
"0"
"invalid float literal"
"invalid float literal"
student@ubuntu:~/[[ROOT]]/test$

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