Rust errors / Patterns and matching
Rust compiler error · checked with rustc 1.99.0
Rust error E0023: this pattern has 1 field, but the corresponding tuple variant has 2 fields
What it meansA pattern attempted to extract an incorrect number of fields from a variant.
What rustc prints
error[E0023]: this pattern has 1 field, but the corresponding tuple variant has 2 fields --> main.rs:11:18 | 4 | Apple(String, String), | ------ ------ tuple variant has 2 fields ... 11 | Fruit::Apple(a) => {}, // error! | ^ expected 2 fields, found 1 | help: use `_` to explicitly ignore each field | 11 | Fruit::Apple(a, _) => {}, // error! | +++
Real output of rustc 1.99.0 compiling the official example below (2021 edition). Your names and line numbers will differ; the first line is the part to match.
The compiler team's explanation
A pattern attempted to extract an incorrect number of fields from a variant.
Erroneous code example:
enum Fruit {
Apple(String, String),
Pear(u32),
}
let x = Fruit::Apple(String::new(), String::new());
match x {
Fruit::Apple(a) => {}, // error!
_ => {}
}
A pattern used to match against an enum variant must provide a sub-pattern for each field of the enum variant.
Here the Apple variant has two fields, and should be matched against like so:
enum Fruit {
Apple(String, String),
Pear(u32),
}
let x = Fruit::Apple(String::new(), String::new());
// Correct.
match x {
Fruit::Apple(a, b) => {},
_ => {}
}
Matching with the wrong number of fields has no sensible interpretation:
enum Fruit {
Apple(String, String),
Pear(u32),
}
let x = Fruit::Apple(String::new(), String::new());
// Incorrect.
match x {
Fruit::Apple(a) => {},
Fruit::Apple(a, b, c) => {},
}
Check how many fields the enum was declared with and ensure that your pattern uses the same number.
From rustc --explain E0023 (1.99.0), part of the Rust project, MIT or Apache-2.0. Official page.
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