Converting a str to a &[u8]
StringRustSliceString Problem Overview
This seems trivial, but I cannot find a way to do it.
For example,
fn f(s: &[u8]) {}
pub fn main() {
let x = "a";
f(x)
}
Fails to compile with:
error: mismatched types:
expected `&[u8]`,
found `&str`
(expected slice,
found str) [E0308]
documentation, however, states that:
> The actual representation of strs have direct mappings to slices: &str > is the same as &[u8].
String Solutions
Solution 1 - String
You can use the as_bytes method:
fn f(s: &[u8]) {}
pub fn main() {
let x = "a";
f(x.as_bytes())
}
or, in your specific example, you could use a byte literal:
let x = b"a";
f(x)