I have a vector of tuples, each containing two strings. I want to transfer (one of) the two strings as a mutable reference into a hashmap. The other string is also transferred, but does not have to be mutable. The background is that I want to overwrite one string with the value of the other one later.
Given the following code:
use std::collections::HashMap;
fn main() {
let mut foo = String::from("foo");
let mut bar = String::from("bar");
let mut v = vec![(foo, &mut bar)];
let mut counter: HashMap<&str, (&str, &mut String, u8)> = HashMap::new();
create_counter(&mut v, &mut counter);
}
fn create_counter<'a>(
rows: &'a mut Vec<(String, &'a mut String)>,
counter: &mut HashMap<&'a str, (&'a str, &'a mut String, u8)>,
) {
let mut skip_count = 0;
let len = rows.len();
for i in 0..len {
if i == len - 1 {
break;
}
if skip_count > 0 {
skip_count -= 1;
continue;
}
let r = rows[i..i + 3].as_mut();
if r[0].0 == r[1].0 && r[0].1 != r[1].1 {
if r.len() == 2 || r[0].0 != r[2].0 {
counter.entry(&r[0].0).or_insert((r[1].1, &mut r[0].1, 0)).2 += 1;
skip_count = 1;
} else {
skip_count = 2;
}
}
}
}
Unfortunately the borrow checker does not allow this and gives me two error messages:
cannot borrow `*rows` as mutable more than once at a time
cannot borrow `r[_].1` as mutable because it is also borrowed as immutable
I understand the problem, but unfortunately I have no idea how best to solve it.
Can someone please help me to solve these two problems?