Newbie question - how to get rid of som Some("xxx") if I print sth

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Hi,

I am pretty new to Rust and trying to do a few simple things in it to learn it a bit.

My first project is to create a fast dir walker with walkdir::WalkDir.

My code:

	for entry in WalkDir::new(start_dir).into_iter().filter_map(|e| e.ok()) {
	    println!("{} {:?}", entry.path().display(), entry.path().extension());
	}

produces:

.\target\debug\dwalk-dir.exe Some("exe")

How do I get rid of this Some in front of the exe? I guess it should be a simple solution. Please can somebody point me in the right direction?

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Some is printed because the return type of the extension method is an Option, indicating that there might not be a return value. You need to handle this case in your code. What would you like to print if the file doesn't have an extension?

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Thanks for the fast response.

That makes sense. In that case I would like to print an empty string "". How would I do that?

Also just discovered std::option - Rust and I try to understand it. It makes sense.

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Try this:

entry.path().extension().map_or("".into(), |ext| ext.to_string_lossy())
//                              ^                ^
//             what to do if None                what to do if Some
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unwrap_or can also be useful in situations like these! Given the to_string_lossy() bit, I think @jethrogb is right, but if that wasn't needed, it would work too.

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Thanks it worked. And I also looked up the doc and I guess what happens in that code. :slight_smile:

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