# openssl::hash::DigestBytes - Rust
API documentation for the Rust `DigestBytes` struct in crate `openssl`.
Keywords: rust, rustlang, rust-lang, DigestBytes

# Struct openssl::hash::DigestBytes [−] [src]

    pub struct DigestBytes { /* fields omitted */ }

The resulting bytes of a digest.

This type derefs to a byte slice - it exists to avoid allocating memory to store the digest data.

## Methods from Deref<Target = [ u8 ]>

#### `pub const fn len(&self) -> usize` 1.0.0 (const: 1.32.0) [src]

Returns the number of elements in the slice.

# Examples

    let a = [1, 2, 3];
    assert_eq!(a.len(), 3);

#### `pub const fn is_empty(&self) -> bool` 1.0.0 (const: 1.32.0) [src]

Returns `true` if the slice has a length of 0.

# Examples

    let a = [1, 2, 3];
    assert!(!a.is_empty());

#### `pub fn first(&self) -> Option<&T>`1.0.0 [src]

Returns the first element of the slice, or `None` if it is empty.

# Examples

    let v = [10, 40, 30];
    assert_eq!(Some(&10), v.first());

    let w: &[i32] = &[];
    assert_eq!(None, w.first());

#### `pub fn first_mut(&mut self) -> Option<&mut T>`1.0.0 [src]

Returns a mutable pointer to the first element of the slice, or `None` if it is empty.

# Examples

    let x = &mut [0, 1, 2];

    if let Some(first) = x.first_mut() {
        *first = 5;
    }
    assert_eq!(x, &[5, 1, 2]);

#### `pub fn split_first(&self) -> Option<(&T, &[T])>`1.5.0 [src]

Returns the first and all the rest of the elements of the slice, or `None` if it is empty.

# Examples

    let x = &[0, 1, 2];

    if let Some((first, elements)) = x.split_first() {
        assert_eq!(first, &0);
        assert_eq!(elements, &[1, 2]);
    }

#### `pub fn split_first_mut(&mut self) -> Option<(&mut T, &mut [T])>`1.5.0 [src]

Returns the first and all the rest of the elements of the slice, or `None` if it is empty.

# Examples

    let x = &mut [0, 1, 2];

    if let Some((first, elements)) = x.split_first_mut() {
        *first = 3;
        elements[0] = 4;
        elements[1] = 5;
    }
    assert_eq!(x, &[3, 4, 5]);

#### `pub fn split_last(&self) -> Option<(&T, &[T])>`1.5.0 [src]

Returns the last and all the rest of the elements of the slice, or `None` if it is empty.

# Examples

    let x = &[0, 1, 2];

    if let Some((last, elements)) = x.split_last() {
        assert_eq!(last, &2);
        assert_eq!(elements, &[0, 1]);
    }

#### `pub fn split_last_mut(&mut self) -> Option<(&mut T, &mut [T])>`1.5.0 [src]

Returns the last and all the rest of the elements of the slice, or `None` if it is empty.

# Examples

    let x = &mut [0, 1, 2];

    if let Some((last, elements)) = x.split_last_mut() {
        *last = 3;
        elements[0] = 4;
        elements[1] = 5;
    }
    assert_eq!(x, &[4, 5, 3]);

#### `pub fn last(&self) -> Option<&T>`1.0.0 [src]

Returns the last element of the slice, or `None` if it is empty.

# Examples

    let v = [10, 40, 30];
    assert_eq!(Some(&30), v.last());

    let w: &[i32] = &[];
    assert_eq!(None, w.last());

#### `pub fn last_mut(&mut self) -> Option<&mut T>`1.0.0 [src]

Returns a mutable pointer to the last item in the slice.

# Examples

    let x = &mut [0, 1, 2];

    if let Some(last) = x.last_mut() {
        *last = 10;
    }
    assert_eq!(x, &[0, 1, 10]);

#### `pub fn get<I>(&self, index: I) -> Option<&<I as SliceIndex<[T]>>::Output> where
I: SliceIndex<[T]>,` 1.0.0 [src]

Returns a reference to an element or subslice depending on the type of index.

- If given a position, returns a reference to the element at that position or `None` if out of bounds.
- If given a range, returns the subslice corresponding to that range, or `None` if out of bounds.

# Examples

    let v = [10, 40, 30];
    assert_eq!(Some(&40), v.get(1));
    assert_eq!(Some(&[10, 40][..]), v.get(0..2));
    assert_eq!(None, v.get(3));
    assert_eq!(None, v.get(0..4));

#### `pub fn get_mut<I>(
&mut self,
index: I
) -> Option<&mut <I as SliceIndex<[T]>>::Output> where
I: SliceIndex<[T]>,` 1.0.0 [src]

Returns a mutable reference to an element or subslice depending on the type of index (see `get`) or `None` if the index is out of bounds.

# Examples

    let x = &mut [0, 1, 2];

    if let Some(elem) = x.get_mut(1) {
        *elem = 42;
    }
    assert_eq!(x, &[0, 42, 2]);

#### `pub unsafe fn get_unchecked<I>(
&self,
index: I
) -> &<I as SliceIndex<[T]>>::Output where
I: SliceIndex<[T]>,` 1.0.0 [src]

Returns a reference to an element or subslice, without doing bounds checking.

For a safe alternative see `get`.

# Safety

Calling this method with an out-of-bounds index is undefined behavior even if the resulting reference is not used.

# Examples

    let x = &[1, 2, 4];

    unsafe {
        assert_eq!(x.get_unchecked(1), &2);
    }

#### `pub unsafe fn get_unchecked_mut<I>(
&mut self,
index: I
) -> &mut <I as SliceIndex<[T]>>::Output where
I: SliceIndex<[T]>,` 1.0.0 [src]

Returns a mutable reference to an element or subslice, without doing bounds checking.

For a safe alternative see `get_mut`.

# Safety

Calling this method with an out-of-bounds index is undefined behavior even if the resulting reference is not used.

# Examples

    let x = &mut [1, 2, 4];

    unsafe {
        let elem = x.get_unchecked_mut(1);
        *elem = 13;
    }
    assert_eq!(x, &[1, 13, 4]);

#### `pub const fn as_ptr(&self) -> *const T` 1.0.0 (const: 1.32.0) [src]

Returns a raw pointer to the slice's buffer.

The caller must ensure that the slice outlives the pointer this function returns, or else it will end up pointing to garbage.

The caller must also ensure that the memory the pointer (non-transitively) points to is never written to (except inside an `UnsafeCell`) using this pointer or any pointer derived from it. If you need to mutate the contents of the slice, use `as_mut_ptr`.

Modifying the container referenced by this slice may cause its buffer to be reallocated, which would also make any pointers to it invalid.

# Examples

    let x = &[1, 2, 4];
    let x_ptr = x.as_ptr();

    unsafe {
        for i in 0..x.len() {
            assert_eq!(x.get_unchecked(i), &*x_ptr.add(i));
        }
    }

#### `pub const fn as_mut_ptr(&mut self) -> *mut T` 1.0.0 [src]

Returns an unsafe mutable pointer to the slice's buffer.

The caller must ensure that the slice outlives the pointer this function returns, or else it will end up pointing to garbage.

Modifying the container referenced by this slice may cause its buffer to be reallocated, which would also make any pointers to it invalid.

# Examples

    let x = &mut [1, 2, 4];
    let x_ptr = x.as_mut_ptr();

    unsafe {
        for i in 0..x.len() {
            *x_ptr.add(i) += 2;
        }
    }
    assert_eq!(x, &[3, 4, 6]);

#### `pub const fn as_ptr_range(&self) -> Range<*const T>`1.48.0 [src]

Returns the two raw pointers spanning the slice.

The returned range is half-open, which means that the end pointer points one past the last element of the slice. This way, an empty slice is represented by two equal pointers, and the difference between the two pointers represents the size of the slice.

See `as_ptr` for warnings on using these pointers. The end pointer requires extra caution, as it does not point to a valid element in the slice.

This function is useful for interacting with foreign interfaces which use two pointers to refer to a range of elements in memory, as is common in C++.

It can also be useful to check if a pointer to an element refers to an element of this slice:

    let a = [1, 2, 3];
    let x = &a[1] as *const _;
    let y = &5 as *const _;

    assert!(a.as_ptr_range().contains(&x));
    assert!(!a.as_ptr_range().contains(&y));

#### `pub const fn as_mut_ptr_range(&mut self) -> Range<*mut T>`1.48.0 [src]

Returns the two unsafe mutable pointers spanning the slice.

The returned range is half-open, which means that the end pointer points one past the last element of the slice. This way, an empty slice is represented by two equal pointers, and the difference between the two pointers represents the size of the slice.

See `as_mut_ptr` for warnings on using these pointers. The end pointer requires extra caution, as it does not point to a valid element in the slice.

This function is useful for interacting with foreign interfaces which use two pointers to refer to a range of elements in memory, as is common in C++.

#### `pub fn swap(&mut self, a: usize, b: usize)`1.0.0 [src]

Swaps two elements in the slice.

# Arguments

- a - The index of the first element
- b - The index of the second element

# Panics

Panics if `a` or `b` are out of bounds.

# Examples

    let mut v = ["a", "b", "c", "d"];
    v.swap(1, 3);
    assert!(v == ["a", "d", "c", "b"]);

#### `pub fn reverse(&mut self)`1.0.0 [src]

Reverses the order of elements in the slice, in place.

# Examples

    let mut v = [1, 2, 3];
    v.reverse();
    assert!(v == [3, 2, 1]);

#### `pub fn iter(&self) -> Iter<'_, T>`1.0.0 [src]

Returns an iterator over the slice.

# Examples

    let x = &[1, 2, 4];
    let mut iterator = x.iter();

    assert_eq!(iterator.next(), Some(&1));
    assert_eq!(iterator.next(), Some(&2));
    assert_eq!(iterator.next(), Some(&4));
    assert_eq!(iterator.next(), None);

#### `pub fn iter_mut(&mut self) -> IterMut<'_, T>`1.0.0 [src]

Returns an iterator that allows modifying each value.

# Examples

    let x = &mut [1, 2, 4];
    for elem in x.iter_mut() {
        *elem += 2;
    }
    assert_eq!(x, &[3, 4, 6]);

#### `pub fn windows(&self, size: usize) -> Windows<'_, T>`1.0.0 [src]

Returns an iterator over all contiguous windows of length `size`. The windows overlap. If the slice is shorter than `size`, the iterator returns no values.

# Panics

Panics if `size` is 0.

# Examples

    let slice = ['r', 'u', 's', 't'];
    let mut iter = slice.windows(2);
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &['r', 'u']);
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &['u', 's']);
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &['s', 't']);
    assert!(iter.next().is_none());

If the slice is shorter than `size`:

    let slice = ['f', 'o', 'o'];
    let mut iter = slice.windows(4);
    assert!(iter.next().is_none());

#### `pub fn chunks(&self, chunk_size: usize) -> Chunks<'_, T>`1.0.0 [src]

Returns an iterator over `chunk_size` elements of the slice at a time, starting at the beginning of the slice.

The chunks are slices and do not overlap. If `chunk_size` does not divide the length of the slice, then the last chunk will not have length `chunk_size`.

See `chunks_exact` for a variant of this iterator that returns chunks of always exactly `chunk_size` elements, and `rchunks` for the same iterator but starting at the end of the slice.

# Panics

Panics if `chunk_size` is 0.

# Examples

    let slice = ['l', 'o', 'r', 'e', 'm'];
    let mut iter = slice.chunks(2);
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &['l', 'o']);
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &['r', 'e']);
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &['m']);
    assert!(iter.next().is_none());

#### `pub fn chunks_mut(&mut self, chunk_size: usize) -> ChunksMut<'_, T>`1.0.0 [src]

Returns an iterator over `chunk_size` elements of the slice at a time, starting at the beginning of the slice.

The chunks are mutable slices, and do not overlap. If `chunk_size` does not divide the length of the slice, then the last chunk will not have length `chunk_size`.

See `chunks_exact_mut` for a variant of this iterator that returns chunks of always exactly `chunk_size` elements, and `rchunks_mut` for the same iterator but starting at the end of the slice.

# Panics

Panics if `chunk_size` is 0.

# Examples

    let v = &mut [0, 0, 0, 0, 0];
    let mut count = 1;

    for chunk in v.chunks_mut(2) {
        for elem in chunk.iter_mut() {
            *elem += count;
        }
        count += 1;
    }
    assert_eq!(v, &[1, 1, 2, 2, 3]);

#### `pub fn chunks_exact(&self, chunk_size: usize) -> ChunksExact<'_, T>`1.31.0 [src]

Returns an iterator over `chunk_size` elements of the slice at a time, starting at the beginning of the slice.

The chunks are slices and do not overlap. If `chunk_size` does not divide the length of the slice, then the last up to `chunk_size-1` elements will be omitted and can be retrieved from the `remainder` function of the iterator.

Due to each chunk having exactly `chunk_size` elements, the compiler can often optimize the resulting code better than in the case of `chunks`.

See `chunks` for a variant of this iterator that also returns the remainder as a smaller chunk, and `rchunks_exact` for the same iterator but starting at the end of the slice.

# Panics

Panics if `chunk_size` is 0.

# Examples

    let slice = ['l', 'o', 'r', 'e', 'm'];
    let mut iter = slice.chunks_exact(2);
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &['l', 'o']);
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &['r', 'e']);
    assert!(iter.next().is_none());
    assert_eq!(iter.remainder(), &['m']);

#### `pub fn chunks_exact_mut(&mut self, chunk_size: usize) -> ChunksExactMut<'_, T>`1.31.0 [src]

Returns an iterator over `chunk_size` elements of the slice at a time, starting at the beginning of the slice.

The chunks are mutable slices, and do not overlap. If `chunk_size` does not divide the length of the slice, then the last up to `chunk_size-1` elements will be omitted and can be retrieved from the `into_remainder` function of the iterator.

Due to each chunk having exactly `chunk_size` elements, the compiler can often optimize the resulting code better than in the case of `chunks_mut`.

See `chunks_mut` for a variant of this iterator that also returns the remainder as a smaller chunk, and `rchunks_exact_mut` for the same iterator but starting at the end of the slice.

# Panics

Panics if `chunk_size` is 0.

# Examples

    let v = &mut [0, 0, 0, 0, 0];
    let mut count = 1;

    for chunk in v.chunks_exact_mut(2) {
        for elem in chunk.iter_mut() {
            *elem += count;
        }
        count += 1;
    }
    assert_eq!(v, &[1, 1, 2, 2, 0]);

#### `pub unsafe fn as_chunks_unchecked<const N: usize>(&self) -> &[[T; N]]ⓘ

### Notable traits for &'_ [u8]

`impl<'_> Read for &'_ [u8]impl<'_> Write for &'_ mut [u8]`
` [src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`slice_as_chunks`)

Splits the slice into a slice of `N`-element arrays, assuming that there's no remainder.

# Safety

This may only be called when

- The slice splits exactly into `N`-element chunks (aka `self.len() % N == 0`).
- `N != 0`.

# Examples

    #![feature(slice_as_chunks)]
    let slice: &[char] = &['l', 'o', 'r', 'e', 'm', '!'];
    let chunks: &[[char; 1]] =
        // SAFETY: 1-element chunks never have remainder
        unsafe { slice.as_chunks_unchecked() };
    assert_eq!(chunks, &[['l'], ['o'], ['r'], ['e'], ['m'], ['!']]);
    let chunks: &[[char; 3]] =
        // SAFETY: The slice length (6) is a multiple of 3
        unsafe { slice.as_chunks_unchecked() };
    assert_eq!(chunks, &[['l', 'o', 'r'], ['e', 'm', '!']]);

    // These would be unsound:
    // let chunks: &[[_; 5]] = slice.as_chunks_unchecked() // The slice length is not a multiple of 5
    // let chunks: &[[_; 0]] = slice.as_chunks_unchecked() // Zero-length chunks are never allowed

#### `pub fn as_chunks<const N: usize>(&self) -> (&[[T; N]], &[T])` [src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`slice_as_chunks`)

Splits the slice into a slice of `N`-element arrays, starting at the beginning of the slice, and a remainder slice with length strictly less than `N`.

# Panics

Panics if `N` is 0. This check will most probably get changed to a compile time error before this method gets stabilized.

# Examples

    #![feature(slice_as_chunks)]
    let slice = ['l', 'o', 'r', 'e', 'm'];
    let (chunks, remainder) = slice.as_chunks();
    assert_eq!(chunks, &[['l', 'o'], ['r', 'e']]);
    assert_eq!(remainder, &['m']);

#### `pub fn as_rchunks<const N: usize>(&self) -> (&[T], &[[T; N]])` [src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`slice_as_chunks`)

Splits the slice into a slice of `N`-element arrays, starting at the end of the slice, and a remainder slice with length strictly less than `N`.

# Panics

Panics if `N` is 0. This check will most probably get changed to a compile time error before this method gets stabilized.

# Examples

    #![feature(slice_as_chunks)]
    let slice = ['l', 'o', 'r', 'e', 'm'];
    let (remainder, chunks) = slice.as_rchunks();
    assert_eq!(remainder, &['l']);
    assert_eq!(chunks, &[['o', 'r'], ['e', 'm']]);

#### `pub fn array_chunks<const N: usize>(&self) -> ArrayChunks<'_, T, N>` [src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`array_chunks`)

Returns an iterator over `N` elements of the slice at a time, starting at the beginning of the slice.

The chunks are array references and do not overlap. If `N` does not divide the length of the slice, then the last up to `N-1` elements will be omitted and can be retrieved from the `remainder` function of the iterator.

This method is the const generic equivalent of `chunks_exact`.

# Panics

Panics if `N` is 0. This check will most probably get changed to a compile time error before this method gets stabilized.

# Examples

    #![feature(array_chunks)]
    let slice = ['l', 'o', 'r', 'e', 'm'];
    let mut iter = slice.array_chunks();
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &['l', 'o']);
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &['r', 'e']);
    assert!(iter.next().is_none());
    assert_eq!(iter.remainder(), &['m']);

#### `pub unsafe fn as_chunks_unchecked_mut<const N: usize>(
&mut self
) -> &mut [[T; N]]ⓘ

### Notable traits for &'_ [u8]

`impl<'_> Read for &'_ [u8]impl<'_> Write for &'_ mut [u8]`
` [src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`slice_as_chunks`)

Splits the slice into a slice of `N`-element arrays, assuming that there's no remainder.

# Safety

This may only be called when

- The slice splits exactly into `N`-element chunks (aka `self.len() % N == 0`).
- `N != 0`.

# Examples

    #![feature(slice_as_chunks)]
    let slice: &mut [char] = &mut ['l', 'o', 'r', 'e', 'm', '!'];
    let chunks: &mut [[char; 1]] =
        // SAFETY: 1-element chunks never have remainder
        unsafe { slice.as_chunks_unchecked_mut() };
    chunks[0] = ['L'];
    assert_eq!(chunks, &[['L'], ['o'], ['r'], ['e'], ['m'], ['!']]);
    let chunks: &mut [[char; 3]] =
        // SAFETY: The slice length (6) is a multiple of 3
        unsafe { slice.as_chunks_unchecked_mut() };
    chunks[1] = ['a', 'x', '?'];
    assert_eq!(slice, &['L', 'o', 'r', 'a', 'x', '?']);

    // These would be unsound:
    // let chunks: &[[_; 5]] = slice.as_chunks_unchecked_mut() // The slice length is not a multiple of 5
    // let chunks: &[[_; 0]] = slice.as_chunks_unchecked_mut() // Zero-length chunks are never allowed

#### `pub fn as_chunks_mut<const N: usize>(&mut self) -> (&mut [[T; N]], &mut [T])` [src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`slice_as_chunks`)

Splits the slice into a slice of `N`-element arrays, starting at the beginning of the slice, and a remainder slice with length strictly less than `N`.

# Panics

Panics if `N` is 0. This check will most probably get changed to a compile time error before this method gets stabilized.

# Examples

    #![feature(slice_as_chunks)]
    let v = &mut [0, 0, 0, 0, 0];
    let mut count = 1;

    let (chunks, remainder) = v.as_chunks_mut();
    remainder[0] = 9;
    for chunk in chunks {
        *chunk = [count; 2];
        count += 1;
    }
    assert_eq!(v, &[1, 1, 2, 2, 9]);

#### `pub fn as_rchunks_mut<const N: usize>(&mut self) -> (&mut [T], &mut [[T; N]])` [src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`slice_as_chunks`)

Splits the slice into a slice of `N`-element arrays, starting at the end of the slice, and a remainder slice with length strictly less than `N`.

# Panics

Panics if `N` is 0. This check will most probably get changed to a compile time error before this method gets stabilized.

# Examples

    #![feature(slice_as_chunks)]
    let v = &mut [0, 0, 0, 0, 0];
    let mut count = 1;

    let (remainder, chunks) = v.as_rchunks_mut();
    remainder[0] = 9;
    for chunk in chunks {
        *chunk = [count; 2];
        count += 1;
    }
    assert_eq!(v, &[9, 1, 1, 2, 2]);

#### `pub fn array_chunks_mut<const N: usize>(&mut self) -> ArrayChunksMut<'_, T, N>` [src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`array_chunks`)

Returns an iterator over `N` elements of the slice at a time, starting at the beginning of the slice.

The chunks are mutable array references and do not overlap. If `N` does not divide the length of the slice, then the last up to `N-1` elements will be omitted and can be retrieved from the `into_remainder` function of the iterator.

This method is the const generic equivalent of `chunks_exact_mut`.

# Panics

Panics if `N` is 0. This check will most probably get changed to a compile time error before this method gets stabilized.

# Examples

    #![feature(array_chunks)]
    let v = &mut [0, 0, 0, 0, 0];
    let mut count = 1;

    for chunk in v.array_chunks_mut() {
        *chunk = [count; 2];
        count += 1;
    }
    assert_eq!(v, &[1, 1, 2, 2, 0]);

#### `pub fn array_windows<const N: usize>(&self) -> ArrayWindows<'_, T, N>` [src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`array_windows`)

Returns an iterator over overlapping windows of `N` elements of a slice, starting at the beginning of the slice.

This is the const generic equivalent of `windows`.

If `N` is greater than the size of the slice, it will return no windows.

# Panics

Panics if `N` is 0. This check will most probably get changed to a compile time error before this method gets stabilized.

# Examples

    #![feature(array_windows)]
    let slice = [0, 1, 2, 3];
    let mut iter = slice.array_windows();
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &[0, 1]);
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &[1, 2]);
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &[2, 3]);
    assert!(iter.next().is_none());

#### `pub fn rchunks(&self, chunk_size: usize) -> RChunks<'_, T>`1.31.0 [src]

Returns an iterator over `chunk_size` elements of the slice at a time, starting at the end of the slice.

The chunks are slices and do not overlap. If `chunk_size` does not divide the length of the slice, then the last chunk will not have length `chunk_size`.

See `rchunks_exact` for a variant of this iterator that returns chunks of always exactly `chunk_size` elements, and `chunks` for the same iterator but starting at the beginning of the slice.

# Panics

Panics if `chunk_size` is 0.

# Examples

    let slice = ['l', 'o', 'r', 'e', 'm'];
    let mut iter = slice.rchunks(2);
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &['e', 'm']);
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &['o', 'r']);
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &['l']);
    assert!(iter.next().is_none());

#### `pub fn rchunks_mut(&mut self, chunk_size: usize) -> RChunksMut<'_, T>`1.31.0 [src]

Returns an iterator over `chunk_size` elements of the slice at a time, starting at the end of the slice.

The chunks are mutable slices, and do not overlap. If `chunk_size` does not divide the length of the slice, then the last chunk will not have length `chunk_size`.

See `rchunks_exact_mut` for a variant of this iterator that returns chunks of always exactly `chunk_size` elements, and `chunks_mut` for the same iterator but starting at the beginning of the slice.

# Panics

Panics if `chunk_size` is 0.

# Examples

    let v = &mut [0, 0, 0, 0, 0];
    let mut count = 1;

    for chunk in v.rchunks_mut(2) {
        for elem in chunk.iter_mut() {
            *elem += count;
        }
        count += 1;
    }
    assert_eq!(v, &[3, 2, 2, 1, 1]);

#### `pub fn rchunks_exact(&self, chunk_size: usize) -> RChunksExact<'_, T>`1.31.0 [src]

Returns an iterator over `chunk_size` elements of the slice at a time, starting at the end of the slice.

The chunks are slices and do not overlap. If `chunk_size` does not divide the length of the slice, then the last up to `chunk_size-1` elements will be omitted and can be retrieved from the `remainder` function of the iterator.

Due to each chunk having exactly `chunk_size` elements, the compiler can often optimize the resulting code better than in the case of `chunks`.

See `rchunks` for a variant of this iterator that also returns the remainder as a smaller chunk, and `chunks_exact` for the same iterator but starting at the beginning of the slice.

# Panics

Panics if `chunk_size` is 0.

# Examples

    let slice = ['l', 'o', 'r', 'e', 'm'];
    let mut iter = slice.rchunks_exact(2);
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &['e', 'm']);
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &['o', 'r']);
    assert!(iter.next().is_none());
    assert_eq!(iter.remainder(), &['l']);

#### `pub fn rchunks_exact_mut(&mut self, chunk_size: usize) -> RChunksExactMut<'_, T>`1.31.0 [src]

Returns an iterator over `chunk_size` elements of the slice at a time, starting at the end of the slice.

The chunks are mutable slices, and do not overlap. If `chunk_size` does not divide the length of the slice, then the last up to `chunk_size-1` elements will be omitted and can be retrieved from the `into_remainder` function of the iterator.

Due to each chunk having exactly `chunk_size` elements, the compiler can often optimize the resulting code better than in the case of `chunks_mut`.

See `rchunks_mut` for a variant of this iterator that also returns the remainder as a smaller chunk, and `chunks_exact_mut` for the same iterator but starting at the beginning of the slice.

# Panics

Panics if `chunk_size` is 0.

# Examples

    let v = &mut [0, 0, 0, 0, 0];
    let mut count = 1;

    for chunk in v.rchunks_exact_mut(2) {
        for elem in chunk.iter_mut() {
            *elem += count;
        }
        count += 1;
    }
    assert_eq!(v, &[0, 2, 2, 1, 1]);

#### `pub fn group_by<F>(&self, pred: F) -> GroupBy<'_, T, F> where
F: FnMut(&T, &T) -> bool,` [src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`slice_group_by`)

Returns an iterator over the slice producing non-overlapping runs of elements using the predicate to separate them.

The predicate is called on two elements following themselves, it means the predicate is called on `slice[0]` and `slice[1]` then on `slice[1]` and `slice[2]` and so on.

# Examples

    #![feature(slice_group_by)]

    let slice = &[1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2];

    let mut iter = slice.group_by(|a, b| a == b);

    assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some(&[1, 1, 1][..]));
    assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some(&[3, 3][..]));
    assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some(&[2, 2, 2][..]));
    assert_eq!(iter.next(), None);

This method can be used to extract the sorted subslices:

    #![feature(slice_group_by)]

    let slice = &[1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4];

    let mut iter = slice.group_by(|a, b| a <= b);

    assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some(&[1, 1, 2, 3][..]));
    assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some(&[2, 3][..]));
    assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some(&[2, 3, 4][..]));
    assert_eq!(iter.next(), None);

#### `pub fn group_by_mut<F>(&mut self, pred: F) -> GroupByMut<'_, T, F> where
F: FnMut(&T, &T) -> bool,` [src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`slice_group_by`)

Returns an iterator over the slice producing non-overlapping mutable runs of elements using the predicate to separate them.

The predicate is called on two elements following themselves, it means the predicate is called on `slice[0]` and `slice[1]` then on `slice[1]` and `slice[2]` and so on.

# Examples

    #![feature(slice_group_by)]

    let slice = &mut [1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2];

    let mut iter = slice.group_by_mut(|a, b| a == b);

    assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some(&mut [1, 1, 1][..]));
    assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some(&mut [3, 3][..]));
    assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some(&mut [2, 2, 2][..]));
    assert_eq!(iter.next(), None);

This method can be used to extract the sorted subslices:

    #![feature(slice_group_by)]

    let slice = &mut [1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4];

    let mut iter = slice.group_by_mut(|a, b| a <= b);

    assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some(&mut [1, 1, 2, 3][..]));
    assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some(&mut [2, 3][..]));
    assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some(&mut [2, 3, 4][..]));
    assert_eq!(iter.next(), None);

#### `pub fn split_at(&self, mid: usize) -> (&[T], &[T])`1.0.0 [src]

Divides one slice into two at an index.

The first will contain all indices from `[0, mid)` (excluding the index `mid` itself) and the second will contain all indices from `[mid, len)` (excluding the index `len` itself).

# Panics

Panics if `mid > len`.

# Examples

    let v = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];

    {
       let (left, right) = v.split_at(0);
       assert_eq!(left, []);
       assert_eq!(right, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]);
    }

    {
        let (left, right) = v.split_at(2);
        assert_eq!(left, [1, 2]);
        assert_eq!(right, [3, 4, 5, 6]);
    }

    {
        let (left, right) = v.split_at(6);
        assert_eq!(left, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]);
        assert_eq!(right, []);
    }

#### `pub fn split_at_mut(&mut self, mid: usize) -> (&mut [T], &mut [T])`1.0.0 [src]

Divides one mutable slice into two at an index.

The first will contain all indices from `[0, mid)` (excluding the index `mid` itself) and the second will contain all indices from `[mid, len)` (excluding the index `len` itself).

# Panics

Panics if `mid > len`.

# Examples

    let mut v = [1, 0, 3, 0, 5, 6];
    let (left, right) = v.split_at_mut(2);
    assert_eq!(left, [1, 0]);
    assert_eq!(right, [3, 0, 5, 6]);
    left[1] = 2;
    right[1] = 4;
    assert_eq!(v, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]);

#### `pub fn split<F>(&self, pred: F) -> Split<'_, T, F> where
F: FnMut(&T) -> bool,` 1.0.0 [src]

Returns an iterator over subslices separated by elements that match `pred`. The matched element is not contained in the subslices.

# Examples

    let slice = [10, 40, 33, 20];
    let mut iter = slice.split(|num| num % 3 == 0);

    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &[10, 40]);
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &[20]);
    assert!(iter.next().is_none());

If the first element is matched, an empty slice will be the first item returned by the iterator. Similarly, if the last element in the slice is matched, an empty slice will be the last item returned by the iterator:

    let slice = [10, 40, 33];
    let mut iter = slice.split(|num| num % 3 == 0);

    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &[10, 40]);
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &[]);
    assert!(iter.next().is_none());

If two matched elements are directly adjacent, an empty slice will be present between them:

    let slice = [10, 6, 33, 20];
    let mut iter = slice.split(|num| num % 3 == 0);

    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &[10]);
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &[]);
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &[20]);
    assert!(iter.next().is_none());

#### `pub fn split_mut<F>(&mut self, pred: F) -> SplitMut<'_, T, F> where
F: FnMut(&T) -> bool,` 1.0.0 [src]

Returns an iterator over mutable subslices separated by elements that match `pred`. The matched element is not contained in the subslices.

# Examples

    let mut v = [10, 40, 30, 20, 60, 50];

    for group in v.split_mut(|num| *num % 3 == 0) {
        group[0] = 1;
    }
    assert_eq!(v, [1, 40, 30, 1, 60, 1]);

#### `pub fn split_inclusive<F>(&self, pred: F) -> SplitInclusive<'_, T, F> where
F: FnMut(&T) -> bool,` 1.51.0 [src]

Returns an iterator over subslices separated by elements that match `pred`. The matched element is contained in the end of the previous subslice as a terminator.

# Examples

    let slice = [10, 40, 33, 20];
    let mut iter = slice.split_inclusive(|num| num % 3 == 0);

    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &[10, 40, 33]);
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &[20]);
    assert!(iter.next().is_none());

If the last element of the slice is matched, that element will be considered the terminator of the preceding slice. That slice will be the last item returned by the iterator.

    let slice = [3, 10, 40, 33];
    let mut iter = slice.split_inclusive(|num| num % 3 == 0);

    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &[3]);
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &[10, 40, 33]);
    assert!(iter.next().is_none());

#### `pub fn split_inclusive_mut<F>(&mut self, pred: F) -> SplitInclusiveMut<'_, T, F> where
F: FnMut(&T) -> bool,` 1.51.0 [src]

Returns an iterator over mutable subslices separated by elements that match `pred`. The matched element is contained in the previous subslice as a terminator.

# Examples

    let mut v = [10, 40, 30, 20, 60, 50];

    for group in v.split_inclusive_mut(|num| *num % 3 == 0) {
        let terminator_idx = group.len()-1;
        group[terminator_idx] = 1;
    }
    assert_eq!(v, [10, 40, 1, 20, 1, 1]);

#### `pub fn rsplit<F>(&self, pred: F) -> RSplit<'_, T, F> where
F: FnMut(&T) -> bool,` 1.27.0 [src]

Returns an iterator over subslices separated by elements that match `pred`, starting at the end of the slice and working backwards. The matched element is not contained in the subslices.

# Examples

    let slice = [11, 22, 33, 0, 44, 55];
    let mut iter = slice.rsplit(|num| *num == 0);

    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &[44, 55]);
    assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), &[11, 22, 33]);
    assert_eq!(iter.next(), None);

As with `split()`, if the first or last element is matched, an empty slice will be the first (or last) item returned by the iterator.

    let v = &[0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8];
    let mut it = v.rsplit(|n| *n % 2 == 0);
    assert_eq!(it.next().unwrap(), &[]);
    assert_eq!(it.next().unwrap(), &[3, 5]);
    assert_eq!(it.next().unwrap(), &[1, 1]);
    assert_eq!(it.next().unwrap(), &[]);
    assert_eq!(it.next(), None);

#### `pub fn rsplit_mut<F>(&mut self, pred: F) -> RSplitMut<'_, T, F> where
F: FnMut(&T) -> bool,` 1.27.0 [src]

Returns an iterator over mutable subslices separated by elements that match `pred`, starting at the end of the slice and working backwards. The matched element is not contained in the subslices.

# Examples

    let mut v = [100, 400, 300, 200, 600, 500];

    let mut count = 0;
    for group in v.rsplit_mut(|num| *num % 3 == 0) {
        count += 1;
        group[0] = count;
    }
    assert_eq!(v, [3, 400, 300, 2, 600, 1]);

#### `pub fn splitn<F>(&self, n: usize, pred: F) -> SplitN<'_, T, F> where
F: FnMut(&T) -> bool,` 1.0.0 [src]

Returns an iterator over subslices separated by elements that match `pred`, limited to returning at most `n` items. The matched element is not contained in the subslices.

The last element returned, if any, will contain the remainder of the slice.

# Examples

Print the slice split once by numbers divisible by 3 (i.e., `[10, 40]`, `[20, 60, 50]`):

    let v = [10, 40, 30, 20, 60, 50];

    for group in v.splitn(2, |num| *num % 3 == 0) {
        println!("{:?}", group);
    }

#### `pub fn splitn_mut<F>(&mut self, n: usize, pred: F) -> SplitNMut<'_, T, F> where
F: FnMut(&T) -> bool,` 1.0.0 [src]

Returns an iterator over subslices separated by elements that match `pred`, limited to returning at most `n` items. The matched element is not contained in the subslices.

The last element returned, if any, will contain the remainder of the slice.

# Examples

    let mut v = [10, 40, 30, 20, 60, 50];

    for group in v.splitn_mut(2, |num| *num % 3 == 0) {
        group[0] = 1;
    }
    assert_eq!(v, [1, 40, 30, 1, 60, 50]);

#### `pub fn rsplitn<F>(&self, n: usize, pred: F) -> RSplitN<'_, T, F> where
F: FnMut(&T) -> bool,` 1.0.0 [src]

Returns an iterator over subslices separated by elements that match `pred` limited to returning at most `n` items. This starts at the end of the slice and works backwards. The matched element is not contained in the subslices.

The last element returned, if any, will contain the remainder of the slice.

# Examples

Print the slice split once, starting from the end, by numbers divisible by 3 (i.e., `[50]`, `[10, 40, 30, 20]`):

    let v = [10, 40, 30, 20, 60, 50];

    for group in v.rsplitn(2, |num| *num % 3 == 0) {
        println!("{:?}", group);
    }

#### `pub fn rsplitn_mut<F>(&mut self, n: usize, pred: F) -> RSplitNMut<'_, T, F> where
F: FnMut(&T) -> bool,` 1.0.0 [src]

Returns an iterator over subslices separated by elements that match `pred` limited to returning at most `n` items. This starts at the end of the slice and works backwards. The matched element is not contained in the subslices.

The last element returned, if any, will contain the remainder of the slice.

# Examples

    let mut s = [10, 40, 30, 20, 60, 50];

    for group in s.rsplitn_mut(2, |num| *num % 3 == 0) {
        group[0] = 1;
    }
    assert_eq!(s, [1, 40, 30, 20, 60, 1]);

#### `pub fn contains(&self, x: &T) -> bool where
T: PartialEq<T>,` 1.0.0 [src]

Returns `true` if the slice contains an element with the given value.

# Examples

    let v = [10, 40, 30];
    assert!(v.contains(&30));
    assert!(!v.contains(&50));

If you do not have an `&T`, but just an `&U` such that `T: Borrow<U>` (e.g. `String: Borrow<str>`), you can use `iter().any`:

    let v = [String::from("hello"), String::from("world")]; // slice of `String`
    assert!(v.iter().any(|e| e == "hello")); // search with `&str`
    assert!(!v.iter().any(|e| e == "hi"));

#### `pub fn starts_with(&self, needle: &[T]) -> bool where
T: PartialEq<T>,` 1.0.0 [src]

Returns `true` if `needle` is a prefix of the slice.

# Examples

    let v = [10, 40, 30];
    assert!(v.starts_with(&[10]));
    assert!(v.starts_with(&[10, 40]));
    assert!(!v.starts_with(&[50]));
    assert!(!v.starts_with(&[10, 50]));

Always returns `true` if `needle` is an empty slice:

    let v = &[10, 40, 30];
    assert!(v.starts_with(&[]));
    let v: &[u8] = &[];
    assert!(v.starts_with(&[]));

#### `pub fn ends_with(&self, needle: &[T]) -> bool where
T: PartialEq<T>,` 1.0.0 [src]

Returns `true` if `needle` is a suffix of the slice.

# Examples

    let v = [10, 40, 30];
    assert!(v.ends_with(&[30]));
    assert!(v.ends_with(&[40, 30]));
    assert!(!v.ends_with(&[50]));
    assert!(!v.ends_with(&[50, 30]));

Always returns `true` if `needle` is an empty slice:

    let v = &[10, 40, 30];
    assert!(v.ends_with(&[]));
    let v: &[u8] = &[];
    assert!(v.ends_with(&[]));

#### `#[must_use = "returns the subslice without modifying the original"]pub fn strip_prefix<P>(&self, prefix: &P) -> Option<&[T]> where
T: PartialEq<T>,
P: SlicePattern<Item = T> + ?Sized,` 1.51.0 [src]

Returns a subslice with the prefix removed.

If the slice starts with `prefix`, returns the subslice after the prefix, wrapped in `Some`. If `prefix` is empty, simply returns the original slice.

If the slice does not start with `prefix`, returns `None`.

# Examples

    let v = &[10, 40, 30];
    assert_eq!(v.strip_prefix(&[10]), Some(&[40, 30][..]));
    assert_eq!(v.strip_prefix(&[10, 40]), Some(&[30][..]));
    assert_eq!(v.strip_prefix(&[50]), None);
    assert_eq!(v.strip_prefix(&[10, 50]), None);

    let prefix : &str = "he";
    assert_eq!(b"hello".strip_prefix(prefix.as_bytes()),
               Some(b"llo".as_ref()));

#### `#[must_use = "returns the subslice without modifying the original"]pub fn strip_suffix<P>(&self, suffix: &P) -> Option<&[T]> where
T: PartialEq<T>,
P: SlicePattern<Item = T> + ?Sized,` 1.51.0 [src]

Returns a subslice with the suffix removed.

If the slice ends with `suffix`, returns the subslice before the suffix, wrapped in `Some`. If `suffix` is empty, simply returns the original slice.

If the slice does not end with `suffix`, returns `None`.

# Examples

    let v = &[10, 40, 30];
    assert_eq!(v.strip_suffix(&[30]), Some(&[10, 40][..]));
    assert_eq!(v.strip_suffix(&[40, 30]), Some(&[10][..]));
    assert_eq!(v.strip_suffix(&[50]), None);
    assert_eq!(v.strip_suffix(&[50, 30]), None);

#### `pub fn binary_search(&self, x: &T) -> Result<usize, usize> where
T: Ord,` 1.0.0 [src]

Binary searches this sorted slice for a given element.

If the value is found then `Result::Ok` is returned, containing the index of the matching element. If there are multiple matches, then any one of the matches could be returned. If the value is not found then `Result::Err` is returned, containing the index where a matching element could be inserted while maintaining sorted order.

# Examples

Looks up a series of four elements. The first is found, with a uniquely determined position; the second and third are not found; the fourth could match any position in `[1, 4]`.

    let s = [0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55];

    assert_eq!(s.binary_search(&13),  Ok(9));
    assert_eq!(s.binary_search(&4),   Err(7));
    assert_eq!(s.binary_search(&100), Err(13));
    let r = s.binary_search(&1);
    assert!(match r { Ok(1..=4) => true, _ => false, });

If you want to insert an item to a sorted vector, while maintaining sort order:

    let mut s = vec![0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55];
    let num = 42;
    let idx = s.binary_search(&num).unwrap_or_else(|x| x);
    s.insert(idx, num);
    assert_eq!(s, [0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 42, 55]);

#### `pub fn binary_search_by<'a, F>(&'a self, f: F) -> Result<usize, usize> where
F: FnMut(&'a T) -> Ordering,` 1.0.0 [src]

Binary searches this sorted slice with a comparator function.

The comparator function should implement an order consistent with the sort order of the underlying slice, returning an order code that indicates whether its argument is `Less`, `Equal` or `Greater` the desired target.

If the value is found then `Result::Ok` is returned, containing the index of the matching element. If there are multiple matches, then any one of the matches could be returned. If the value is not found then `Result::Err` is returned, containing the index where a matching element could be inserted while maintaining sorted order.

# Examples

Looks up a series of four elements. The first is found, with a uniquely determined position; the second and third are not found; the fourth could match any position in `[1, 4]`.

    let s = [0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55];

    let seek = 13;
    assert_eq!(s.binary_search_by(|probe| probe.cmp(&seek)), Ok(9));
    let seek = 4;
    assert_eq!(s.binary_search_by(|probe| probe.cmp(&seek)), Err(7));
    let seek = 100;
    assert_eq!(s.binary_search_by(|probe| probe.cmp(&seek)), Err(13));
    let seek = 1;
    let r = s.binary_search_by(|probe| probe.cmp(&seek));
    assert!(match r { Ok(1..=4) => true, _ => false, });

#### `pub fn binary_search_by_key<'a, B, F>(
&'a self,
b: &B,
f: F
) -> Result<usize, usize> where
F: FnMut(&'a T) -> B,
B: Ord,` 1.10.0 [src]

Binary searches this sorted slice with a key extraction function.

Assumes that the slice is sorted by the key, for instance with `sort_by_key` using the same key extraction function.

If the value is found then `Result::Ok` is returned, containing the index of the matching element. If there are multiple matches, then any one of the matches could be returned. If the value is not found then `Result::Err` is returned, containing the index where a matching element could be inserted while maintaining sorted order.

# Examples

Looks up a series of four elements in a slice of pairs sorted by their second elements. The first is found, with a uniquely determined position; the second and third are not found; the fourth could match any position in `[1, 4]`.

    let s = [(0, 0), (2, 1), (4, 1), (5, 1), (3, 1),
             (1, 2), (2, 3), (4, 5), (5, 8), (3, 13),
             (1, 21), (2, 34), (4, 55)];

    assert_eq!(s.binary_search_by_key(&13, |&(a, b)| b),  Ok(9));
    assert_eq!(s.binary_search_by_key(&4, |&(a, b)| b),   Err(7));
    assert_eq!(s.binary_search_by_key(&100, |&(a, b)| b), Err(13));
    let r = s.binary_search_by_key(&1, |&(a, b)| b);
    assert!(match r { Ok(1..=4) => true, _ => false, });

#### `pub fn sort_unstable(&mut self) where
T: Ord,` 1.20.0 [src]

Sorts the slice, but may not preserve the order of equal elements.

This sort is unstable (i.e., may reorder equal elements), in-place (i.e., does not allocate), and O(n * log(n)) worst-case.

# Current implementation

The current algorithm is based on pattern-defeating quicksort by Orson Peters, which combines the fast average case of randomized quicksort with the fast worst case of heapsort, while achieving linear time on slices with certain patterns. It uses some randomization to avoid degenerate cases, but with a fixed seed to always provide deterministic behavior.

It is typically faster than stable sorting, except in a few special cases, e.g., when the slice consists of several concatenated sorted sequences.

# Examples

    let mut v = [-5, 4, 1, -3, 2];

    v.sort_unstable();
    assert!(v == [-5, -3, 1, 2, 4]);

#### `pub fn sort_unstable_by<F>(&mut self, compare: F) where
F: FnMut(&T, &T) -> Ordering,` 1.20.0 [src]

Sorts the slice with a comparator function, but may not preserve the order of equal elements.

This sort is unstable (i.e., may reorder equal elements), in-place (i.e., does not allocate), and O(n * log(n)) worst-case.

The comparator function must define a total ordering for the elements in the slice. If the ordering is not total, the order of the elements is unspecified. An order is a total order if it is (for all `a`, `b` and `c`):

- total and antisymmetric: exactly one of `a < b`, `a == b` or `a > b` is true, and
- transitive, `a < b` and `b < c` implies `a < c`. The same must hold for both `==` and `>`.

For example, while `f64` doesn't implement `Ord` because `NaN != NaN`, we can use `partial_cmp` as our sort function when we know the slice doesn't contain a `NaN`.

    let mut floats = [5f64, 4.0, 1.0, 3.0, 2.0];
    floats.sort_unstable_by(|a, b| a.partial_cmp(b).unwrap());
    assert_eq!(floats, [1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0]);

# Current implementation

The current algorithm is based on pattern-defeating quicksort by Orson Peters, which combines the fast average case of randomized quicksort with the fast worst case of heapsort, while achieving linear time on slices with certain patterns. It uses some randomization to avoid degenerate cases, but with a fixed seed to always provide deterministic behavior.

It is typically faster than stable sorting, except in a few special cases, e.g., when the slice consists of several concatenated sorted sequences.

# Examples

    let mut v = [5, 4, 1, 3, 2];
    v.sort_unstable_by(|a, b| a.cmp(b));
    assert!(v == [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);

    // reverse sorting
    v.sort_unstable_by(|a, b| b.cmp(a));
    assert!(v == [5, 4, 3, 2, 1]);

#### `pub fn sort_unstable_by_key<K, F>(&mut self, f: F) where
F: FnMut(&T) -> K,
K: Ord,` 1.20.0 [src]

Sorts the slice with a key extraction function, but may not preserve the order of equal elements.

This sort is unstable (i.e., may reorder equal elements), in-place (i.e., does not allocate), and O(m * n * log(n)) worst-case, where the key function is O(m).

# Current implementation

The current algorithm is based on pattern-defeating quicksort by Orson Peters, which combines the fast average case of randomized quicksort with the fast worst case of heapsort, while achieving linear time on slices with certain patterns. It uses some randomization to avoid degenerate cases, but with a fixed seed to always provide deterministic behavior.

Due to its key calling strategy, `sort_unstable_by_key` is likely to be slower than `sort_by_cached_key` in cases where the key function is expensive.

# Examples

    let mut v = [-5i32, 4, 1, -3, 2];

    v.sort_unstable_by_key(|k| k.abs());
    assert!(v == [1, 2, -3, 4, -5]);

#### `pub fn partition_at_index(
&mut self,
index: usize
) -> (&mut [T], &mut T, &mut [T]) where
T: Ord,` [src]

👎 Deprecated since 1.49.0:

use the select_nth_unstable() instead

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`slice_partition_at_index`)

Reorder the slice such that the element at `index` is at its final sorted position.

#### `pub fn partition_at_index_by<F>(
&mut self,
index: usize,
compare: F
) -> (&mut [T], &mut T, &mut [T]) where
F: FnMut(&T, &T) -> Ordering,` [src]

👎 Deprecated since 1.49.0:

use select_nth_unstable_by() instead

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`slice_partition_at_index`)

Reorder the slice with a comparator function such that the element at `index` is at its final sorted position.

#### `pub fn partition_at_index_by_key<K, F>(
&mut self,
index: usize,
f: F
) -> (&mut [T], &mut T, &mut [T]) where
F: FnMut(&T) -> K,
K: Ord,` [src]

👎 Deprecated since 1.49.0:

use the select_nth_unstable_by_key() instead

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`slice_partition_at_index`)

Reorder the slice with a key extraction function such that the element at `index` is at its final sorted position.

#### `pub fn select_nth_unstable(
&mut self,
index: usize
) -> (&mut [T], &mut T, &mut [T]) where
T: Ord,` 1.49.0 [src]

Reorder the slice such that the element at `index` is at its final sorted position.

This reordering has the additional property that any value at position `i < index` will be less than or equal to any value at a position `j > index`. Additionally, this reordering is unstable (i.e. any number of equal elements may end up at position `index`), in-place (i.e. does not allocate), and O(n) worst-case. This function is also/ known as "kth element" in other libraries. It returns a triplet of the following values: all elements less than the one at the given index, the value at the given index, and all elements greater than the one at the given index.

# Current implementation

The current algorithm is based on the quickselect portion of the same quicksort algorithm used for `sort_unstable`.

# Panics

Panics when `index >= len()`, meaning it always panics on empty slices.

# Examples

    let mut v = [-5i32, 4, 1, -3, 2];

    // Find the median
    v.select_nth_unstable(2);

    // We are only guaranteed the slice will be one of the following, based on the way we sort
    // about the specified index.
    assert!(v == [-3, -5, 1, 2, 4] ||
            v == [-5, -3, 1, 2, 4] ||
            v == [-3, -5, 1, 4, 2] ||
            v == [-5, -3, 1, 4, 2]);

#### `pub fn select_nth_unstable_by<F>(
&mut self,
index: usize,
compare: F
) -> (&mut [T], &mut T, &mut [T]) where
F: FnMut(&T, &T) -> Ordering,` 1.49.0 [src]

Reorder the slice with a comparator function such that the element at `index` is at its final sorted position.

This reordering has the additional property that any value at position `i < index` will be less than or equal to any value at a position `j > index` using the comparator function. Additionally, this reordering is unstable (i.e. any number of equal elements may end up at position `index`), in-place (i.e. does not allocate), and O(n) worst-case. This function is also known as "kth element" in other libraries. It returns a triplet of the following values: all elements less than the one at the given index, the value at the given index, and all elements greater than the one at the given index, using the provided comparator function.

# Current implementation

The current algorithm is based on the quickselect portion of the same quicksort algorithm used for `sort_unstable`.

# Panics

Panics when `index >= len()`, meaning it always panics on empty slices.

# Examples

    let mut v = [-5i32, 4, 1, -3, 2];

    // Find the median as if the slice were sorted in descending order.
    v.select_nth_unstable_by(2, |a, b| b.cmp(a));

    // We are only guaranteed the slice will be one of the following, based on the way we sort
    // about the specified index.
    assert!(v == [2, 4, 1, -5, -3] ||
            v == [2, 4, 1, -3, -5] ||
            v == [4, 2, 1, -5, -3] ||
            v == [4, 2, 1, -3, -5]);

#### `pub fn select_nth_unstable_by_key<K, F>(
&mut self,
index: usize,
f: F
) -> (&mut [T], &mut T, &mut [T]) where
F: FnMut(&T) -> K,
K: Ord,` 1.49.0 [src]

Reorder the slice with a key extraction function such that the element at `index` is at its final sorted position.

This reordering has the additional property that any value at position `i < index` will be less than or equal to any value at a position `j > index` using the key extraction function. Additionally, this reordering is unstable (i.e. any number of equal elements may end up at position `index`), in-place (i.e. does not allocate), and O(n) worst-case. This function is also known as "kth element" in other libraries. It returns a triplet of the following values: all elements less than the one at the given index, the value at the given index, and all elements greater than the one at the given index, using the provided key extraction function.

# Current implementation

The current algorithm is based on the quickselect portion of the same quicksort algorithm used for `sort_unstable`.

# Panics

Panics when `index >= len()`, meaning it always panics on empty slices.

# Examples

    let mut v = [-5i32, 4, 1, -3, 2];

    // Return the median as if the array were sorted according to absolute value.
    v.select_nth_unstable_by_key(2, |a| a.abs());

    // We are only guaranteed the slice will be one of the following, based on the way we sort
    // about the specified index.
    assert!(v == [1, 2, -3, 4, -5] ||
            v == [1, 2, -3, -5, 4] ||
            v == [2, 1, -3, 4, -5] ||
            v == [2, 1, -3, -5, 4]);

#### `pub fn partition_dedup(&mut self) -> (&mut [T], &mut [T]) where
T: PartialEq<T>,` [src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`slice_partition_dedup`)

Moves all consecutive repeated elements to the end of the slice according to the `PartialEq` trait implementation.

Returns two slices. The first contains no consecutive repeated elements. The second contains all the duplicates in no specified order.

If the slice is sorted, the first returned slice contains no duplicates.

# Examples

    #![feature(slice_partition_dedup)]

    let mut slice = [1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 1, 1];

    let (dedup, duplicates) = slice.partition_dedup();

    assert_eq!(dedup, [1, 2, 3, 2, 1]);
    assert_eq!(duplicates, [2, 3, 1]);

#### `pub fn partition_dedup_by<F>(&mut self, same_bucket: F) -> (&mut [T], &mut [T]) where
F: FnMut(&mut T, &mut T) -> bool,` [src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`slice_partition_dedup`)

Moves all but the first of consecutive elements to the end of the slice satisfying a given equality relation.

Returns two slices. The first contains no consecutive repeated elements. The second contains all the duplicates in no specified order.

The `same_bucket` function is passed references to two elements from the slice and must determine if the elements compare equal. The elements are passed in opposite order from their order in the slice, so if `same_bucket(a, b)` returns `true`, `a` is moved at the end of the slice.

If the slice is sorted, the first returned slice contains no duplicates.

# Examples

    #![feature(slice_partition_dedup)]

    let mut slice = ["foo", "Foo", "BAZ", "Bar", "bar", "baz", "BAZ"];

    let (dedup, duplicates) = slice.partition_dedup_by(|a, b| a.eq_ignore_ascii_case(b));

    assert_eq!(dedup, ["foo", "BAZ", "Bar", "baz"]);
    assert_eq!(duplicates, ["bar", "Foo", "BAZ"]);

#### `pub fn partition_dedup_by_key<K, F>(&mut self, key: F) -> (&mut [T], &mut [T]) where
F: FnMut(&mut T) -> K,
K: PartialEq<K>,` [src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`slice_partition_dedup`)

Moves all but the first of consecutive elements to the end of the slice that resolve to the same key.

Returns two slices. The first contains no consecutive repeated elements. The second contains all the duplicates in no specified order.

If the slice is sorted, the first returned slice contains no duplicates.

# Examples

    #![feature(slice_partition_dedup)]

    let mut slice = [10, 20, 21, 30, 30, 20, 11, 13];

    let (dedup, duplicates) = slice.partition_dedup_by_key(|i| *i / 10);

    assert_eq!(dedup, [10, 20, 30, 20, 11]);
    assert_eq!(duplicates, [21, 30, 13]);

#### `pub fn rotate_left(&mut self, mid: usize)`1.26.0 [src]

Rotates the slice in-place such that the first `mid` elements of the slice move to the end while the last `self.len() - mid` elements move to the front. After calling `rotate_left`, the element previously at index `mid` will become the first element in the slice.

# Panics

This function will panic if `mid` is greater than the length of the slice. Note that `mid == self.len()` does not panic and is a no-op rotation.

# Complexity

Takes linear (in `self.len()`) time.

# Examples

    let mut a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'];
    a.rotate_left(2);
    assert_eq!(a, ['c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'a', 'b']);

Rotating a subslice:

    let mut a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'];
    a[1..5].rotate_left(1);
    assert_eq!(a, ['a', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'b', 'f']);

#### `pub fn rotate_right(&mut self, k: usize)`1.26.0 [src]

Rotates the slice in-place such that the first `self.len() - k` elements of the slice move to the end while the last `k` elements move to the front. After calling `rotate_right`, the element previously at index `self.len() - k` will become the first element in the slice.

# Panics

This function will panic if `k` is greater than the length of the slice. Note that `k == self.len()` does not panic and is a no-op rotation.

# Complexity

Takes linear (in `self.len()`) time.

# Examples

    let mut a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'];
    a.rotate_right(2);
    assert_eq!(a, ['e', 'f', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd']);

Rotate a subslice:

    let mut a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'];
    a[1..5].rotate_right(1);
    assert_eq!(a, ['a', 'e', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'f']);

#### `pub fn fill(&mut self, value: T) where
T: Clone,` 1.50.0 [src]

Fills `self` with elements by cloning `value`.

# Examples

    let mut buf = vec![0; 10];
    buf.fill(1);
    assert_eq!(buf, vec![1; 10]);

#### `pub fn fill_with<F>(&mut self, f: F) where
F: FnMut() -> T,` 1.51.0 [src]

Fills `self` with elements returned by calling a closure repeatedly.

This method uses a closure to create new values. If you'd rather `Clone` a given value, use `fill`. If you want to use the `Default` trait to generate values, you can pass `Default::default` as the argument.

# Examples

    let mut buf = vec![1; 10];
    buf.fill_with(Default::default);
    assert_eq!(buf, vec![0; 10]);

#### `pub fn clone_from_slice(&mut self, src: &[T]) where
T: Clone,` 1.7.0 [src]

Copies the elements from `src` into `self`.

The length of `src` must be the same as `self`.

If `T` implements `Copy`, it can be more performant to use `copy_from_slice`.

# Panics

This function will panic if the two slices have different lengths.

# Examples

Cloning two elements from a slice into another:

    let src = [1, 2, 3, 4];
    let mut dst = [0, 0];

    // Because the slices have to be the same length,
    // we slice the source slice from four elements
    // to two. It will panic if we don't do this.
    dst.clone_from_slice(&src[2..]);

    assert_eq!(src, [1, 2, 3, 4]);
    assert_eq!(dst, [3, 4]);

Rust enforces that there can only be one mutable reference with no immutable references to a particular piece of data in a particular scope. Because of this, attempting to use `clone_from_slice` on a single slice will result in a compile failure:

ⓘ

    let mut slice = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];

    slice[..2].clone_from_slice(&slice[3..]); // compile fail!

To work around this, we can use `split_at_mut` to create two distinct sub-slices from a slice:

    let mut slice = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];

    {
        let (left, right) = slice.split_at_mut(2);
        left.clone_from_slice(&right[1..]);
    }

    assert_eq!(slice, [4, 5, 3, 4, 5]);

#### `pub fn copy_from_slice(&mut self, src: &[T]) where
T: Copy,` 1.9.0 [src]

Copies all elements from `src` into `self`, using a memcpy.

The length of `src` must be the same as `self`.

If `T` does not implement `Copy`, use `clone_from_slice`.

# Panics

This function will panic if the two slices have different lengths.

# Examples

Copying two elements from a slice into another:

    let src = [1, 2, 3, 4];
    let mut dst = [0, 0];

    // Because the slices have to be the same length,
    // we slice the source slice from four elements
    // to two. It will panic if we don't do this.
    dst.copy_from_slice(&src[2..]);

    assert_eq!(src, [1, 2, 3, 4]);
    assert_eq!(dst, [3, 4]);

Rust enforces that there can only be one mutable reference with no immutable references to a particular piece of data in a particular scope. Because of this, attempting to use `copy_from_slice` on a single slice will result in a compile failure:

ⓘ

    let mut slice = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];

    slice[..2].copy_from_slice(&slice[3..]); // compile fail!

To work around this, we can use `split_at_mut` to create two distinct sub-slices from a slice:

    let mut slice = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];

    {
        let (left, right) = slice.split_at_mut(2);
        left.copy_from_slice(&right[1..]);
    }

    assert_eq!(slice, [4, 5, 3, 4, 5]);

#### `pub fn copy_within<R>(&mut self, src: R, dest: usize) where
T: Copy,
R: RangeBounds<usize>,` 1.37.0 [src]

Copies elements from one part of the slice to another part of itself, using a memmove.

`src` is the range within `self` to copy from. `dest` is the starting index of the range within `self` to copy to, which will have the same length as `src`. The two ranges may overlap. The ends of the two ranges must be less than or equal to `self.len()`.

# Panics

This function will panic if either range exceeds the end of the slice, or if the end of `src` is before the start.

# Examples

Copying four bytes within a slice:

    let mut bytes = *b"Hello, World!";

    bytes.copy_within(1..5, 8);

    assert_eq!(&bytes, b"Hello, Wello!");

#### `pub fn swap_with_slice(&mut self, other: &mut [T])`1.27.0 [src]

Swaps all elements in `self` with those in `other`.

The length of `other` must be the same as `self`.

# Panics

This function will panic if the two slices have different lengths.

# Example

Swapping two elements across slices:

    let mut slice1 = [0, 0];
    let mut slice2 = [1, 2, 3, 4];

    slice1.swap_with_slice(&mut slice2[2..]);

    assert_eq!(slice1, [3, 4]);
    assert_eq!(slice2, [1, 2, 0, 0]);

Rust enforces that there can only be one mutable reference to a particular piece of data in a particular scope. Because of this, attempting to use `swap_with_slice` on a single slice will result in a compile failure:

ⓘ

    let mut slice = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
    slice[..2].swap_with_slice(&mut slice[3..]); // compile fail!

To work around this, we can use `split_at_mut` to create two distinct mutable sub-slices from a slice:

    let mut slice = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];

    {
        let (left, right) = slice.split_at_mut(2);
        left.swap_with_slice(&mut right[1..]);
    }

    assert_eq!(slice, [4, 5, 3, 1, 2]);

#### `pub unsafe fn align_to<U>(&self) -> (&[T], &[U], &[T])`1.30.0 [src]

Transmute the slice to a slice of another type, ensuring alignment of the types is maintained.

This method splits the slice into three distinct slices: prefix, correctly aligned middle slice of a new type, and the suffix slice. The method may make the middle slice the greatest length possible for a given type and input slice, but only your algorithm's performance should depend on that, not its correctness. It is permissible for all of the input data to be returned as the prefix or suffix slice.

This method has no purpose when either input element `T` or output element `U` are zero-sized and will return the original slice without splitting anything.

# Safety

This method is essentially a `transmute` with respect to the elements in the returned middle slice, so all the usual caveats pertaining to `transmute::<T, U>` also apply here.

# Examples

Basic usage:

    unsafe {
        let bytes: [u8; 7] = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7];
        let (prefix, shorts, suffix) = bytes.align_to::<u16>();
        // less_efficient_algorithm_for_bytes(prefix);
        // more_efficient_algorithm_for_aligned_shorts(shorts);
        // less_efficient_algorithm_for_bytes(suffix);
    }

#### `pub unsafe fn align_to_mut<U>(&mut self) -> (&mut [T], &mut [U], &mut [T])`1.30.0 [src]

Transmute the slice to a slice of another type, ensuring alignment of the types is maintained.

This method splits the slice into three distinct slices: prefix, correctly aligned middle slice of a new type, and the suffix slice. The method may make the middle slice the greatest length possible for a given type and input slice, but only your algorithm's performance should depend on that, not its correctness. It is permissible for all of the input data to be returned as the prefix or suffix slice.

This method has no purpose when either input element `T` or output element `U` are zero-sized and will return the original slice without splitting anything.

# Safety

This method is essentially a `transmute` with respect to the elements in the returned middle slice, so all the usual caveats pertaining to `transmute::<T, U>` also apply here.

# Examples

Basic usage:

    unsafe {
        let mut bytes: [u8; 7] = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7];
        let (prefix, shorts, suffix) = bytes.align_to_mut::<u16>();
        // less_efficient_algorithm_for_bytes(prefix);
        // more_efficient_algorithm_for_aligned_shorts(shorts);
        // less_efficient_algorithm_for_bytes(suffix);
    }

#### `pub fn is_sorted(&self) -> bool where
T: PartialOrd<T>,` [src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`is_sorted`)

new API

Checks if the elements of this slice are sorted.

That is, for each element `a` and its following element `b`, `a <= b` must hold. If the slice yields exactly zero or one element, `true` is returned.

Note that if `Self::Item` is only `PartialOrd`, but not `Ord`, the above definition implies that this function returns `false` if any two consecutive items are not comparable.

# Examples

    #![feature(is_sorted)]
    let empty: [i32; 0] = [];

    assert!([1, 2, 2, 9].is_sorted());
    assert!(![1, 3, 2, 4].is_sorted());
    assert!([0].is_sorted());
    assert!(empty.is_sorted());
    assert!(![0.0, 1.0, f32::NAN].is_sorted());

#### `pub fn is_sorted_by<F>(&self, compare: F) -> bool where
F: FnMut(&T, &T) -> Option<Ordering>,` [src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`is_sorted`)

new API

Checks if the elements of this slice are sorted using the given comparator function.

Instead of using `PartialOrd::partial_cmp`, this function uses the given `compare` function to determine the ordering of two elements. Apart from that, it's equivalent to `is_sorted`; see its documentation for more information.

#### `pub fn is_sorted_by_key<F, K>(&self, f: F) -> bool where
F: FnMut(&T) -> K,
K: PartialOrd<K>,` [src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`is_sorted`)

new API

Checks if the elements of this slice are sorted using the given key extraction function.

Instead of comparing the slice's elements directly, this function compares the keys of the elements, as determined by `f`. Apart from that, it's equivalent to `is_sorted`; see its documentation for more information.

# Examples

    #![feature(is_sorted)]

    assert!(["c", "bb", "aaa"].is_sorted_by_key(|s| s.len()));
    assert!(![-2i32, -1, 0, 3].is_sorted_by_key(|n| n.abs()));

#### `pub fn partition_point<P>(&self, pred: P) -> usize where
P: FnMut(&T) -> bool,` [src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`partition_point`)

new API

Returns the index of the partition point according to the given predicate (the index of the first element of the second partition).

The slice is assumed to be partitioned according to the given predicate. This means that all elements for which the predicate returns true are at the start of the slice and all elements for which the predicate returns false are at the end. For example, [7, 15, 3, 5, 4, 12, 6] is a partitioned under the predicate x % 2 != 0 (all odd numbers are at the start, all even at the end).

If this slice is not partitioned, the returned result is unspecified and meaningless, as this method performs a kind of binary search.

# Examples

    #![feature(partition_point)]

    let v = [1, 2, 3, 3, 5, 6, 7];
    let i = v.partition_point(|&x| x < 5);

    assert_eq!(i, 4);
    assert!(v[..i].iter().all(|&x| x < 5));
    assert!(v[i..].iter().all(|&x| !(x < 5)));

#### `pub fn is_ascii(&self) -> bool` 1.23.0 [src]

Checks if all bytes in this slice are within the ASCII range.

#### `pub fn eq_ignore_ascii_case(&self, other: &[u8]) -> bool` 1.23.0 [src]

Checks that two slices are an ASCII case-insensitive match.

Same as `to_ascii_lowercase(a) == to_ascii_lowercase(b)`, but without allocating and copying temporaries.

#### `pub fn make_ascii_uppercase(&mut self)`1.23.0 [src]

Converts this slice to its ASCII upper case equivalent in-place.

ASCII letters 'a' to 'z' are mapped to 'A' to 'Z', but non-ASCII letters are unchanged.

To return a new uppercased value without modifying the existing one, use `to_ascii_uppercase`.

#### `pub fn make_ascii_lowercase(&mut self)`1.23.0 [src]

Converts this slice to its ASCII lower case equivalent in-place.

ASCII letters 'A' to 'Z' are mapped to 'a' to 'z', but non-ASCII letters are unchanged.

To return a new lowercased value without modifying the existing one, use `to_ascii_lowercase`.

#### `pub fn sort(&mut self) where
T: Ord,` 1.0.0 [src]

Sorts the slice.

This sort is stable (i.e., does not reorder equal elements) and O(n * log(n)) worst-case.

When applicable, unstable sorting is preferred because it is generally faster than stable sorting and it doesn't allocate auxiliary memory. See `sort_unstable`.

# Current implementation

The current algorithm is an adaptive, iterative merge sort inspired by timsort. It is designed to be very fast in cases where the slice is nearly sorted, or consists of two or more sorted sequences concatenated one after another.

Also, it allocates temporary storage half the size of `self`, but for short slices a non-allocating insertion sort is used instead.

# Examples

    let mut v = [-5, 4, 1, -3, 2];

    v.sort();
    assert!(v == [-5, -3, 1, 2, 4]);

#### `pub fn sort_by<F>(&mut self, compare: F) where
F: FnMut(&T, &T) -> Ordering,` 1.0.0 [src]

Sorts the slice with a comparator function.

This sort is stable (i.e., does not reorder equal elements) and O(n * log(n)) worst-case.

The comparator function must define a total ordering for the elements in the slice. If the ordering is not total, the order of the elements is unspecified. An order is a total order if it is (for all `a`, `b` and `c`):

- total and antisymmetric: exactly one of `a < b`, `a == b` or `a > b` is true, and
- transitive, `a < b` and `b < c` implies `a < c`. The same must hold for both `==` and `>`.

For example, while `f64` doesn't implement `Ord` because `NaN != NaN`, we can use `partial_cmp` as our sort function when we know the slice doesn't contain a `NaN`.

    let mut floats = [5f64, 4.0, 1.0, 3.0, 2.0];
    floats.sort_by(|a, b| a.partial_cmp(b).unwrap());
    assert_eq!(floats, [1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0]);

When applicable, unstable sorting is preferred because it is generally faster than stable sorting and it doesn't allocate auxiliary memory. See `sort_unstable_by`.

# Current implementation

The current algorithm is an adaptive, iterative merge sort inspired by timsort. It is designed to be very fast in cases where the slice is nearly sorted, or consists of two or more sorted sequences concatenated one after another.

Also, it allocates temporary storage half the size of `self`, but for short slices a non-allocating insertion sort is used instead.

# Examples

    let mut v = [5, 4, 1, 3, 2];
    v.sort_by(|a, b| a.cmp(b));
    assert!(v == [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);

    // reverse sorting
    v.sort_by(|a, b| b.cmp(a));
    assert!(v == [5, 4, 3, 2, 1]);

#### `pub fn sort_by_key<K, F>(&mut self, f: F) where
F: FnMut(&T) -> K,
K: Ord,` 1.7.0 [src]

Sorts the slice with a key extraction function.

This sort is stable (i.e., does not reorder equal elements) and O(m * n * log(n)) worst-case, where the key function is O(m).

For expensive key functions (e.g. functions that are not simple property accesses or basic operations), `sort_by_cached_key` is likely to be significantly faster, as it does not recompute element keys.

When applicable, unstable sorting is preferred because it is generally faster than stable sorting and it doesn't allocate auxiliary memory. See `sort_unstable_by_key`.

# Current implementation

The current algorithm is an adaptive, iterative merge sort inspired by timsort. It is designed to be very fast in cases where the slice is nearly sorted, or consists of two or more sorted sequences concatenated one after another.

Also, it allocates temporary storage half the size of `self`, but for short slices a non-allocating insertion sort is used instead.

# Examples

    let mut v = [-5i32, 4, 1, -3, 2];

    v.sort_by_key(|k| k.abs());
    assert!(v == [1, 2, -3, 4, -5]);

#### `pub fn sort_by_cached_key<K, F>(&mut self, f: F) where
F: FnMut(&T) -> K,
K: Ord,` 1.34.0 [src]

Sorts the slice with a key extraction function.

During sorting, the key function is called only once per element.

This sort is stable (i.e., does not reorder equal elements) and O(m * n + n * log(n)) worst-case, where the key function is O(m).

For simple key functions (e.g., functions that are property accesses or basic operations), `sort_by_key` is likely to be faster.

# Current implementation

The current algorithm is based on pattern-defeating quicksort by Orson Peters, which combines the fast average case of randomized quicksort with the fast worst case of heapsort, while achieving linear time on slices with certain patterns. It uses some randomization to avoid degenerate cases, but with a fixed seed to always provide deterministic behavior.

In the worst case, the algorithm allocates temporary storage in a `Vec<(K, usize)>` the length of the slice.

# Examples

    let mut v = [-5i32, 4, 32, -3, 2];

    v.sort_by_cached_key(|k| k.to_string());
    assert!(v == [-3, -5, 2, 32, 4]);

#### `pub fn to_vec(&self) -> Vec<T, Global> where
T: Clone,` 1.0.0 [src]

Copies `self` into a new `Vec`.

# Examples

    let s = [10, 40, 30];
    let x = s.to_vec();
    // Here, `s` and `x` can be modified independently.

#### `pub fn to_vec_in<A>(&self, alloc: A) -> Vec<T, A> where
T: Clone,
A: Allocator,` [src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`allocator_api`)

Copies `self` into a new `Vec` with an allocator.

# Examples

    #![feature(allocator_api)]

    use std::alloc::System;

    let s = [10, 40, 30];
    let x = s.to_vec_in(System);
    // Here, `s` and `x` can be modified independently.

#### `pub fn repeat(&self, n: usize) -> Vec<T, Global> where
T: Copy,` 1.40.0 [src]

Creates a vector by repeating a slice `n` times.

# Panics

This function will panic if the capacity would overflow.

# Examples

Basic usage:

    assert_eq!([1, 2].repeat(3), vec![1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2]);

A panic upon overflow:

ⓘ

    // this will panic at runtime
    b"0123456789abcdef".repeat(usize::MAX);

#### `pub fn concat<Item>(&self) -> <[T] as Concat<Item>>::Outputⓘ

### Notable traits for &'_ [u8]

`impl<'_> Read for &'_ [u8]impl<'_> Write for &'_ mut [u8]`
where
Item: ?Sized,
[T]: Concat<Item>,` 1.0.0 [src]

Flattens a slice of `T` into a single value `Self::Output`.

# Examples

    assert_eq!(["hello", "world"].concat(), "helloworld");
    assert_eq!([[1, 2], [3, 4]].concat(), [1, 2, 3, 4]);

#### `pub fn join<Separator>(
&self,
sep: Separator
) -> <[T] as Join<Separator>>::Outputⓘ

### Notable traits for &'_ [u8]

`impl<'_> Read for &'_ [u8]impl<'_> Write for &'_ mut [u8]`
where
[T]: Join<Separator>,` 1.3.0 [src]

Flattens a slice of `T` into a single value `Self::Output`, placing a given separator between each.

# Examples

    assert_eq!(["hello", "world"].join(" "), "hello world");
    assert_eq!([[1, 2], [3, 4]].join(&0), [1, 2, 0, 3, 4]);
    assert_eq!([[1, 2], [3, 4]].join(&[0, 0][..]), [1, 2, 0, 0, 3, 4]);

#### `pub fn connect<Separator>(
&self,
sep: Separator
) -> <[T] as Join<Separator>>::Outputⓘ

### Notable traits for &'_ [u8]

`impl<'_> Read for &'_ [u8]impl<'_> Write for &'_ mut [u8]`
where
[T]: Join<Separator>,` 1.0.0 [src]

👎 Deprecated since 1.3.0:

renamed to join

Flattens a slice of `T` into a single value `Self::Output`, placing a given separator between each.

# Examples

    assert_eq!(["hello", "world"].connect(" "), "hello world");
    assert_eq!([[1, 2], [3, 4]].connect(&0), [1, 2, 0, 3, 4]);

#### `pub fn to_ascii_uppercase(&self) -> Vec<u8, Global>`1.23.0 [src]

Returns a vector containing a copy of this slice where each byte is mapped to its ASCII upper case equivalent.

ASCII letters 'a' to 'z' are mapped to 'A' to 'Z', but non-ASCII letters are unchanged.

To uppercase the value in-place, use `make_ascii_uppercase`.

#### `pub fn to_ascii_lowercase(&self) -> Vec<u8, Global>`1.23.0 [src]

Returns a vector containing a copy of this slice where each byte is mapped to its ASCII lower case equivalent.

ASCII letters 'A' to 'Z' are mapped to 'a' to 'z', but non-ASCII letters are unchanged.

To lowercase the value in-place, use `make_ascii_lowercase`.

## Trait Implementations

### `impl AsRef<[u8]> for DigestBytes` [src]

#### `fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8]ⓘ

### Notable traits for &'_ [u8]

`impl<'_> Read for &'_ [u8]impl<'_> Write for &'_ mut [u8]`
` [src]

Performs the conversion.

### `impl Clone for DigestBytes` [src]

#### `fn clone(&self) -> DigestBytes` [src]

Returns a copy of the value. Read more

#### `pub fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)`1.0.0 [src]

Performs copy-assignment from `source`. Read more

### `impl Copy for DigestBytes` [src]

### `impl Debug for DigestBytes` [src]

#### `fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result` [src]

Formats the value using the given formatter. Read more

### `impl Deref for DigestBytes` [src]

#### `type Target = [u8]`

The resulting type after dereferencing.

#### `fn deref(&self) -> &[u8]ⓘ

### Notable traits for &'_ [u8]

`impl<'_> Read for &'_ [u8]impl<'_> Write for &'_ mut [u8]`
` [src]

Dereferences the value.

### `impl DerefMut for DigestBytes` [src]

#### `fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [u8]ⓘ

### Notable traits for &'_ [u8]

`impl<'_> Read for &'_ [u8]impl<'_> Write for &'_ mut [u8]`
` [src]

Mutably dereferences the value.

## Auto Trait Implementations

### `impl RefUnwindSafe for DigestBytes` [src]

### `impl Send for DigestBytes` [src]

### `impl Sync for DigestBytes` [src]

### `impl Unpin for DigestBytes` [src]

### `impl UnwindSafe for DigestBytes` [src]

## Blanket Implementations

### `impl<T> Any for T where
T: 'static + ?Sized,` [src]

#### `pub fn type_id(&self) -> TypeId` [src]

Gets the `TypeId` of `self`. Read more

### `impl<T> Borrow<T> for T where
T: ?Sized,` [src]

#### `pub fn borrow(&self) -> &T` [src]

Immutably borrows from an owned value. Read more

### `impl<T> BorrowMut<T> for T where
T: ?Sized,` [src]

#### `pub fn borrow_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T` [src]

Mutably borrows from an owned value. Read more

### `impl<T> From<T> for T` [src]

#### `pub fn from(t: T) -> T` [src]

Performs the conversion.

### `impl<T, U> Into<U> for T where
U: From<T>,` [src]

#### `pub fn into(self) -> U` [src]

Performs the conversion.

### `impl<T> ToOwned for T where
T: Clone,` [src]

#### `type Owned = T`

The resulting type after obtaining ownership.

#### `pub fn to_owned(&self) -> T` [src]

Creates owned data from borrowed data, usually by cloning. Read more

#### `pub fn clone_into(&self, target: &mut T)` [src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`toowned_clone_into`)

recently added

Uses borrowed data to replace owned data, usually by cloning. Read more

### `impl<T, U> TryFrom<U> for T where
U: Into<T>,` [src]

#### `type Error = Infallible`

The type returned in the event of a conversion error.

#### `pub fn try_from(value: U) -> Result<T, <T as TryFrom<U>>::Error>` [src]

Performs the conversion.

### `impl<T, U> TryInto<U> for T where
U: TryFrom<T>,` [src]

#### `type Error = <U as TryFrom<T>>::Error`

The type returned in the event of a conversion error.

#### `pub fn try_into(self) -> Result<U, <U as TryFrom<T>>::Error>` [src]

Performs the conversion.