Rust Platform

Result Handling

Level: intro (score: 1)

🎯 Python has try/except, but Rust takes a different path with Result.

Instead of throwing exceptions, Rust encourages you to return a Result<T, E> where:

• T is the type you return on success (Ok)
• E is the type you return on failure (Err)

This forces you to explicitly handle success and failure cases, making your code safer and more predictable.

✅ Your task:

Implement the divide function which:

• Takes two integers a and b
• Returns Ok(a / b) if b is not zero
• Returns an Err(String) with the message "division by zero" if b is zero

This exercise introduces:

• The Result enum (Ok and Err variants)
• Using generics in Result<T, E>
• Defensive programming in Rust

🧠 Remember: in Rust, not handling an error is a compile-time error — it’s part of the language’s safety guarantees.