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Bank Account in Rust with Result

A struct, methods and your own error enum: deposits and withdrawals that can fail safely.

  • Beginner
  • 5 min read
  • 1 runnable example
What you'll learn
  • Methods that return Result
  • An error enum with data
  • Reporting errors
Run code →
Operation → result
deposit(50)ok
withdraw(500)error: need 500, have 150
withdraw(120)ok, balance 30

Every operation can succeed or fail

This exercise combines a struct, methods and error handling. Each operation returns a Result, and the error enum says exactly what went wrong.

deposit rejects an amount of 0 and withdraw rejects an amount larger than the balance, so the balance can never become invalid. The InsufficientFunds variant carries the numbers needed for a useful message. Ok(()) means success with no value to return.

Key points

  1. deposit rejects 0.
  2. withdraw rejects more than the balance.
  3. The balance can never become invalid.

Runnable Rust example

Rust
Run code →
main.rs
enum BankError {
    InvalidAmount,
    InsufficientFunds { needed: u64, available: u64 },
}

impl BankError {
    fn message(&self) -> String {
        match self {
            BankError::InvalidAmount => String::from("amount must be positive"),
            BankError::InsufficientFunds { needed, available } => format!("need {needed}, have {available}"),
        }
    }
}

struct Account {
    owner: String,
    balance: u64,
}

impl Account {
    fn deposit(&mut self, amount: u64) -> Result<(), BankError> {
        if amount == 0 {
            return Err(BankError::InvalidAmount);
        }
        self.balance += amount;
        Ok(())
    }

    fn withdraw(&mut self, amount: u64) -> Result<(), BankError> {
        if amount > self.balance {
            return Err(BankError::InsufficientFunds { needed: amount, available: self.balance });
        }
        self.balance -= amount;
        Ok(())
    }
}

fn report(result: Result<(), BankError>) {
    match result {
        Ok(()) => println!("ok"),
        Err(error) => println!("error: {}", error.message()),
    }
}

fn main() {
    let mut account = Account { owner: String::from("Ada"), balance: 100 };
    report(account.deposit(50));
    report(account.withdraw(500));
    report(account.deposit(0));
    report(account.withdraw(120));
    println!("{} has {}", account.owner, account.balance);
}
Get a Run button for this example Result of running the code
ok
error: need 500, have 150
error: amount must be positive
ok
Ada has 30

Practice

Open the example in the online compiler, change a value or add a line, and predict the output before you run it. Then break the code on purpose and read the compiler's message.

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