unit - Rust
Description: API documentation for the Rust `unit` primitive in crate `std`.
Keywords: rust, rustlang, rust-lang, unit

# 1.0.0[−]Primitive Type unit

The `()` type, sometimes called "unit" or "nil".

The `()` type has exactly one value `()`, and is used when there is no other meaningful value that could be returned. `()` is most commonly seen implicitly: functions without a `-> ...` implicitly have return type `()`, that is, these are equivalent:

    fn long() -> () {}

    fn short() {}Run

The semicolon `;` can be used to discard the result of an expression at the end of a block, making the expression (and thus the block) evaluate to `()`. For example,

    fn returns_i64() -> i64 {
        1i64
    }
    fn returns_unit() {
        1i64;
    }

    let is_i64 = {
        returns_i64()
    };
    let is_unit = {
        returns_i64();
    };Run

## Trait Implementations

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`impl Debug for ()`

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`fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> Result<(), Error>`

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Formats the value using the given formatter. Read more

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`impl Extend<()> for ()`

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`fn extend<T>(&mut self, iter: T) where T: IntoIterator<Item = ()>,`

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Extends a collection with the contents of an iterator. Read more

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`impl PartialOrd<()> for ()`

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`fn partial_cmp(&self, &()) -> Option<Ordering>`

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This method returns an ordering between `self` and `other` values if one exists. Read more

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`#[must_use] fn lt(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool`

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This method tests less than (for `self` and `other`) and is used by the `<` operator. Read more

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`#[must_use] fn le(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool`

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This method tests less than or equal to (for `self` and `other`) and is used by the `<=` operator. Read more

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`#[must_use] fn gt(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool`

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This method tests greater than (for `self` and `other`) and is used by the `>` operator. Read more

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`#[must_use] fn ge(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool`

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This method tests greater than or equal to (for `self` and `other`) and is used by the `>=` operator. Read more

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`impl Ord for ()`

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`fn cmp(&self, _other: &()) -> Ordering`

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This method returns an `Ordering` between `self` and `other`. Read more

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`fn max(self, other: Self) -> Self`

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Compares and returns the maximum of two values. Read more

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`fn min(self, other: Self) -> Self`

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Compares and returns the minimum of two values. Read more

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`impl Eq for ()`

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`impl PartialEq<()> for ()`

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`fn eq(&self, _other: &()) -> bool`

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This method tests for `self` and `other` values to be equal, and is used by `==`. Read more

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`fn ne(&self, _other: &()) -> bool`

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This method tests for `!=`.

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`impl Hash for ()`

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`fn hash<H>(&self, _state: &mut H) where H: Hasher,`

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Feeds this value into the given [`Hasher`]. Read more

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`fn hash_slice<H>(data: &[Self], state: &mut H) where H: Hasher,`

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Feeds a slice of this type into the given [`Hasher`]. Read more

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`impl FromIterator<()> for ()`

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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

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`fn from_iter<I>(iter: I) where I: IntoIterator<Item = ()>,`

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Creates a value from an iterator. Read more

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`impl Default for ()`

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`fn default()`

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Returns the default value of `()`

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`impl Termination for ()`

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`fn report(self) -> i32`

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🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`termination_trait_lib` #43301)

Is called to get the representation of the value as status code. This status code is returned to the operating system. Read more

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