Rust Closures and lambda expressions Passing lambdas around
Example
Since lambda functions are values themselves, you store them in collections, pass them to functions, etc like you would with other values.
// This function takes two integers and a function that performs some operation on the two arguments
fn apply_function<T>(a: i32, b: i32, func: T) -> i32 where T: Fn(i32, i32) -> i32 {
// apply the passed function to arguments a and b
func(a, b)
}
// let's define three lambdas, each operating on the same parameters
let sum = |a, b| a + b;
let product = |a, b| a * b;
let diff = |a, b| a - b;
// And now let's pass them to apply_function along with some arbitary values
println!("3 + 6 = {}", apply_function(3, 6, sum));
println!("-4 * 9 = {}", apply_function(-4, 9, product));
println!("7 - (-3) = {}", apply_function(7, -3, diff));
This will print:
3 + 6 = 9
-4 * 9 = -36
7 - (-3) = 10
