# 1.0.0[−][src]Trait core::iter::FromIterator

    pub trait FromIterator<A>: Sized {
        fn from_iter<T: IntoIterator<Item = A>>(iter: T) -> Self;
    }

Conversion from an `Iterator`.

By implementing `FromIterator` for a type, you define how it will be created from an iterator. This is common for types which describe a collection of some kind.

`FromIterator`'s `from_iter` is rarely called explicitly, and is instead used through `Iterator`'s `collect` method. See `collect`'s documentation for more examples.

See also: `IntoIterator`.

# Examples

Basic usage:

    use std::iter::FromIterator;

    let five_fives = std::iter::repeat(5).take(5);

    let v = Vec::from_iter(five_fives);

    assert_eq!(v, vec![5, 5, 5, 5, 5]);Run

Using `collect` to implicitly use `FromIterator`:

    let five_fives = std::iter::repeat(5).take(5);

    let v: Vec<i32> = five_fives.collect();

    assert_eq!(v, vec![5, 5, 5, 5, 5]);Run

Implementing `FromIterator` for your type:

    use std::iter::FromIterator;

    // A sample collection, that's just a wrapper over Vec<T>
    #[derive(Debug)]
    struct MyCollection(Vec<i32>);

    // Let's give it some methods so we can create one and add things
    // to it.
    impl MyCollection {
        fn new() -> MyCollection {
            MyCollection(Vec::new())
        }

        fn add(&mut self, elem: i32) {
            self.0.push(elem);
        }
    }

    // and we'll implement FromIterator
    impl FromIterator<i32> for MyCollection {
        fn from_iter<I: IntoIterator<Item=i32>>(iter: I) -> Self {
            let mut c = MyCollection::new();

            for i in iter {
                c.add(i);
            }

            c
        }
    }

    // Now we can make a new iterator...
    let iter = (0..5).into_iter();

    // ... and make a MyCollection out of it
    let c = MyCollection::from_iter(iter);

    assert_eq!(c.0, vec![0, 1, 2, 3, 4]);

    // collect works too!

    let iter = (0..5).into_iter();
    let c: MyCollection = iter.collect();

    assert_eq!(c.0, vec![0, 1, 2, 3, 4]);Run

## Required methods

### `fn from_iter<T: IntoIterator<Item = A>>(iter: T) -> Self`

Creates a value from an iterator.

See the module-level documentation for more.

# Examples

Basic usage:

    use std::iter::FromIterator;

    let five_fives = std::iter::repeat(5).take(5);

    let v = Vec::from_iter(five_fives);

    assert_eq!(v, vec![5, 5, 5, 5, 5]);Run

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## Implementors

### `impl FromIterator<()> for ()`[src]

Collapses all unit items from an iterator into one.

This is more useful when combined with higher-level abstractions, like collecting to a `Result<(), E>` where you only care about errors:

    use std::io::*;
    let data = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
    let res: Result<()> = data.iter()
        .map(|x| writeln!(stdout(), "{}", x))
        .collect();
    assert!(res.is_ok());Run

#### `fn from_iter<I: IntoIterator<Item = ()>>(iter: I) -> Self`[src]

### `impl<A, E, V: FromIterator<A>> FromIterator<Result<A, E>> for Result<V, E>`[src]

#### `fn from_iter<I: IntoIterator<Item = Result<A, E>>>(iter: I) -> Result<V, E>`[src]

Takes each element in the `Iterator`: if it is an `Err`, no further elements are taken, and the `Err` is returned. Should no `Err` occur, a container with the values of each `Result` is returned.

Here is an example which increments every integer in a vector, checking for overflow:

    let v = vec![1, 2];
    let res: Result<Vec<u32>, &'static str> = v.iter().map(|x: &u32|
        x.checked_add(1).ok_or("Overflow!")
    ).collect();
    assert!(res == Ok(vec![2, 3]));Run

### `impl<A, V: FromIterator<A>> FromIterator<Option<A>> for Option<V>`[src]

#### `fn from_iter<I: IntoIterator<Item = Option<A>>>(iter: I) -> Option<V>`[src]

Takes each element in the `Iterator`: if it is `None`, no further elements are taken, and the `None` is returned. Should no `None` occur, a container with the values of each `Option` is returned.

# Examples

Here is an example which increments every integer in a vector. `We use the checked variant of`add`that returns`None` when the calculation would result in an overflow.

    let items = vec![0_u16, 1, 2];

    let res: Option<Vec<u16>> = items
        .iter()
        .map(|x| x.checked_add(1))
        .collect();

    assert_eq!(res, Some(vec![1, 2, 3]));Run

As you can see, this will return the expected, valid items.

Here is another example that tries to subtract one from another list of integers, this time checking for underflow:

    let items = vec![2_u16, 1, 0];

    let res: Option<Vec<u16>> = items
        .iter()
        .map(|x| x.checked_sub(1))
        .collect();

    assert_eq!(res, None);Run

Since the last element is zero, it would underflow. Thus, the resulting value is `None`.

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