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

# Macro std::write [−]

    macro_rules! write {
        ( $ dst : expr , $ ( $ arg : tt ) * ) => { ... };
    }

Write formatted data into a buffer

This macro accepts a 'writer' (any value with a `write_fmt` method), a format string, and a list of arguments to format.

The `write_fmt` method usually comes from an implementation of `std::fmt::Write` or `std::io::Write` traits. The term 'writer' refers to an implementation of one of these two traits.

Passed arguments will be formatted according to the specified format string and the resulting string will be passed to the writer.

See `std::fmt` for more information on format syntax.

`write!` returns whatever the 'write_fmt' method returns.

Common return values include: `fmt::Result`, `io::Result`

# Examples

    use std::io::Write;

    let mut w = Vec::new();
    write!(&mut w, "test").unwrap();
    write!(&mut w, "formatted {}", "arguments").unwrap();

    assert_eq!(w, b"testformatted arguments");Run

A module can import both `std::fmt::Write` and `std::io::Write` and call `write!` on objects implementing either, as objects do not typically implement both. However, the module must import the traits qualified so their names do not conflict:

    use std::fmt::Write as FmtWrite;
    use std::io::Write as IoWrite;

    let mut s = String::new();
    let mut v = Vec::new();
    write!(&mut s, "{} {}", "abc", 123).unwrap(); // uses fmt::Write::write_fmt
    write!(&mut v, "s = {:?}", s).unwrap(); // uses io::Write::write_fmt
    assert_eq!(v, b"s = \"abc 123\"");Run

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