I have some text files in my project's folder on the same level as my src folder. I have a run function that gets user input and makes a readfile struct from it.
pub fn run() {
loop {
let file = ReadFile::println_recieve_h("What is the filepath?");
let query = ReadFile::println_recieve_h("What phrase do you want to find?");
let readfile = ReadFile::new(&file, &query);
...
Here is the helper function that I made to reduce redundancy (I believe I have isolated the issue here):
fn println_recieve_h(print: &str) -> String {
println!("{print}");
let mut input = String::new();
std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut input).unwrap();
input
}
Here is the function that invokes the point of failure
pub struct ReadFile{ query: String, file_path: String, contents: String }
impl ReadFile {
//Builds a readfile struct with a path and phrase.
fn new(file_path: &String, phrase: &String) -> ReadFile{
use std::fs;
ReadFile {
query: phrase.clone(),
file_path: file_path.clone(),
contents: fs::read_to_string(file_path).expect("ERROR 003: FILE NOT FOUND"),
}
}
contents: fs::read_to_string(file_path).expect("ERROR 003: FILE NOT FOUND") fails with the use case however succeeds with hardcoded string slice (I have tried converting the string reference to a slice). Example: contents: fs::read_to_string("longtxt1.txt").expect("ERROR 003: FILE NOT FOUND").
Does anyone see the problem that is causing this? I am new to Rust.
I have tried converting the reference to a string slice, cloning the reference, etc. I made sure there are no spelling errors when I do my inputs in the console. I have hardcoded file in the run function to String::from("longtxt1.txt") which makes everything work. I believe this isolates the issue to my usage of the helper function.
