<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta name="generator" content="rustdoc"> <title>Method Syntax</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../rust.css"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://www.rust-lang.org/favicon.ico"> </head> <body class="rustdoc"> <!--[if lte IE 8]> <div class="warning"> This old browser is unsupported and will most likely display funky things. </div> <![endif]--> <div id="versioninfo"> <img src="https://www.rust-lang.org/logos/rust-logo-32x32-blk.png" width="32" height="32" alt="Rust logo"><br> <span class="white-sticker"><a href="https://www.rust-lang.org">Rust</a> 1.27.0</span><br> <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/commit/" class="hash white-sticker"></a> </div> <h1 class="title">Method Syntax</h1> <p><small>There is a new edition of the book and this is an old link.</small></p> <blockquote> <p>Methods are different from functions in that they’re defined within the context of a struct, and their first parameter is always <code>self</code>, which represents the instance of the struct the method is being called on.</p> </blockquote> <pre class="rust rust-example-rendered"> <span class="kw">impl</span> <span class="ident">Rectangle</span> { <span class="kw">fn</span> <span class="ident">area</span>(<span class="kw-2">&</span><span class="self">self</span>) <span class="op">-></span> <span class="ident">u32</span> { <span class="self">self</span>.<span class="ident">width</span> <span class="op">*</span> <span class="self">self</span>.<span class="ident">height</span> } }<a class="test-arrow" target="_blank" href="https://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%23!%5Ballow(unused)%5D%0Afn%20main()%20%7B%0Astruct%20Rectangle%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20width%3A%20u32%2C%0A%20%20%20%20height%3A%20u32%2C%0A%7D%0A%0Aimpl%20Rectangle%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20fn%20area(%26self)%20-%3E%20u32%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20self.width%20*%20self.height%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%7D%0A%7D">Run</a></pre> <hr /> <p>Here are the relevant sections in the new and old books:</p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="second-edition/ch05-03-method-syntax.html">In the second edition: Ch 5.03 — Method Syntax</a></strong></li> <li><small><a href="first-edition/method-syntax.html">In the first edition: Ch 3.16 — Method Syntax</a></small></li> </ul> <footer><p> Copyright © 2011 The Rust Project Developers. Licensed under the <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache License, Version 2.0</a> or the <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT">MIT license</a>, at your option. </p><p> This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed except according to those terms. </p></footer> </body> </html>