Convert a string to enum

[ONiel]

Hello

So I have an enum with values, I want to convert that string-value to a enum. Kind of like Java's .valueOf().

Rust didn't seemed to have anything built-in, so I tried using an external crate. I used the crates custom_derive and enum_derive as explained in this Stackoverflow answer.

This is my code:

#[macro_use]
extern crate custom_derive;
#[macro_use]
extern crate enum_derive;

#[derive(EnumFromStr)]
pub enum MyEnum {
    A,
    B,
}

struct MyStruct {
    myStr : String,
    myEnum : MyEnum,
}

fn main() {
    let valueToConvert : String = "A".to_string();

    let x : MyStruct = MyStruct {
        myStr: "Blablabla".to_string(),
        myEnum: valueToConvert.parse().unwrap(),
    };
}

This is the error I get:
Compiling cat_generator v0.1.0 (/Users/niel/School/Rust/cat_generator)
error: cannot find derive macro EnumFromStr in this scope
--> src/main.rs:6:10
|
6 | #[derive(EnumFromStr)]
| ^^^^^^^^^^^

warning: unused `#[macro_use]` import
 --> src/main.rs:1:1
  |
1 | #[macro_use]
  | ^^^^^^^^^^^^
  |
  = note: `#[warn(unused_imports)]` on by default

warning: unused `#[macro_use]` import
 --> src/main.rs:3:1
  |
3 | #[macro_use]
  | ^^^^^^^^^^^^

error[E0277]: the trait bound `MyEnum: std::str::FromStr` is not satisfied
  --> src/main.rs:22:32
   |
22 |         myEnum: valueToConvert.parse().unwrap(),
   |                                ^^^^^ the trait `std::str::FromStr` is not implemented for `MyEnum`

error: aborting due to 2 previous errors

For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0277`.
error: could not compile `cat_generator`.

To learn more, run the command again with --verbose.

I am doing exactly the same as the Stackoverflow answer, so what is going wrong? Also, is there another way to achieve this? Without using a match statement for all enum-values...?

Side-question:
Is there a way to compile external crates without using a whole cargo-project by just using a signle rs-file and rustc?
I need to define a path when using rustc --extern but to what exactly? Where can I download rlibs?

Thanks!

[ExpHP]

You didn't wrap it in custom_derive!{ ... }.

By the way, the solution in that answer is very old. Rust has had custom derives built in for years. If enum_derive were written today, it wouldn't need this custom_derive crate/macro.

A more modern option is strum.

extern crate strum;
#[macro_use] extern crate strum_macros;
#[derive(EnumString)]
enum Color {
    Red,
    Green,
    Blue,
}

[ONiel]

If I wrap it in custom_derive, my other derives I use on the enum are not found.

#[macro_use]
extern crate custom_derive;
#[macro_use]
extern crate enum_derive;

use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};

custom_derive! {
    #[derive(EnumFromStr, Serialize, Deserialize)]
    pub enum MyEnum {
        A,
        B,
    }
}

struct MyStruct {
    myStr : String,
    myEnum : MyEnum,
}

fn main() {
    let valueToConvert : String = "A".to_string();

    let x : MyStruct = MyStruct {
        myStr: "Blablabla".to_string(),
        myEnum: valueToConvert.parse().unwrap(),
    };
}

And yeah, the last time that crate was updated was four years ago... Is there a better/more up-to-date solution/crate?

[ExpHP]

I edited a more modern alternative into my reply before you posted.

[ONiel]

Thanks! Works perfectly and easy!