How to read an integer input from the user in Rust 1.0?

Question

Existing answers I've found are all based on from_str (such as Reading in user input from console once efficiently), but apparently from_str(x) has changed into x.parse() in Rust 1.0. As a newbie, it's not obvious how the original solution should be adapted taking this change into account.

As of Rust 1.0, what is the easiest way to get an integer input from the user?

Answer 1

Here is a version with all optional type annotations and error handling which may be useful for beginners like me:

use std::io;

fn main() {
    let mut input_text = String::new();
    io::stdin()
        .read_line(&mut input_text)
        .expect("failed to read from stdin");

    let trimmed = input_text.trim();
    match trimmed.parse::<u32>() {
        Ok(i) => println!("your integer input: {}", i),
        Err(..) => println!("this was not an integer: {}", trimmed),
    };
}

Answer 2

If you are looking for a way to read input for the purpose of competitive programming on websites like codeforces where you do not have access to text_io, this solution is for you.

I use the following macro to read different values from stdin:

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! read {
    ($out:ident as $type:ty) => {
        let mut inner = String::new();
        std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut inner).expect("A String");
        let $out = inner.trim().parse::<$type>().expect("Parsable");
    };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! read_str {
    ($out:ident) => {
        let mut inner = String::new();
        std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut inner).expect("A String");
        let $out = inner.trim();
    };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! read_vec {
    ($out:ident as $type:ty) => {
        let mut inner = String::new();
        std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut inner).unwrap();
        let $out = inner
            .trim()
            .split_whitespace()
            .map(|s| s.parse::<$type>().unwrap())
            .collect::<Vec<$type>>();
    };
}
  

Use it as follows:

fn main(){
   read!(x as u32);
   read!(y as f64);
   read!(z as char);
   println!("{} {} {}", x, y, z);

   read_vec!(v as u32); // Reads space separated integers and stops when newline is encountered.
   println!("{:?}", v);
}