# Function core::iter::once_with
1.43.0[−][src]

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    pub fn once_with<A, F: FnOnce() -> A>(gen: F) -> OnceWith<F>ⓘNotable traits for OnceWith<F>impl<A, F: FnOnce() -> A> Iterator for OnceWith<F>    type Item = A;

Creates an iterator that lazily generates a value exactly once by invoking the provided closure.

This is commonly used to adapt a single value generator into a `chain()` of other kinds of iteration. Maybe you have an iterator that covers almost everything, but you need an extra special case. Maybe you have a function which works on iterators, but you only need to process one value.

Unlike `once()`, this function will lazily generate the value on request.

# Examples

Basic usage:

    use std::iter;

    // one is the loneliest number
    let mut one = iter::once_with(|| 1);

    assert_eq!(Some(1), one.next());

    // just one, that's all we get
    assert_eq!(None, one.next());

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Chaining together with another iterator. Let’s say that we want to iterate over each file of the `.foo` directory, but also a configuration file, `.foorc`:

    use std::iter;
    use std::fs;
    use std::path::PathBuf;

    let dirs = fs::read_dir(".foo").unwrap();

    // we need to convert from an iterator of DirEntry-s to an iterator of
    // PathBufs, so we use map
    let dirs = dirs.map(|file| file.unwrap().path());

    // now, our iterator just for our config file
    let config = iter::once_with(|| PathBuf::from(".foorc"));

    // chain the two iterators together into one big iterator
    let files = dirs.chain(config);

    // this will give us all of the files in .foo as well as .foorc
    for f in files {
        println!("{:?}", f);
    }

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