Can I match on all enum variants that have the same shape of their values?

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I have an enum:

enum MyEnum {
    A(i32),
    B(i32),
    C,
    D,
    // ...
}

Can I match on A and B simultaneously with something like this:

let a = MyEnum::A(1);
match a {
    _(n) => { // do something for all variants which have one i32 value
    }
    _ => { // ignore the rest
    }
};

Is there any way to accomplish this? Do I have to match all the variants and apply the same "body" for each?

rust enums pattern-matching
1 Answers

No, your desired syntax is not possible; I don't know how that syntax could work if you had multiple variants with the same count of fields with differing types:

enum MyEnum {
    A(bool),
    B(String),
}

Do I have to match all the variants and apply the same "body" for each?

Yes, but you can use patterns to match them in a single match arm:

match a {
    MyEnum::A(n) | MyEnum::B(n) => {
        // use `n`
    }
    _ => {}
};

Or the equivalent if let:

if let MyEnum::A(n) | MyEnum::B(n) = a {
    // use `n`
}
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