if
expressions
You use if
very similarly to how you would in other languages:
fn main() { let mut x = 10; if x % 2 == 0 { x = x / 2; } else { x = 3 * x + 1; } }
In addition, you can use it as an expression. This does the same as above:
fn main() { let mut x = 10; x = if x % 2 == 0 { x / 2 } else { 3 * x + 1 }; }
Because if
is an expression and must have a particular type, both of its branch blocks must have the same type. Consider showing what happens if you add ;
after x / 2
in the second example.