`clean_number` inside the function `clean` is destructed, and a slice into the
destructed String is returned. You’re probably looking for the `MaybeOwned`
enum in the standard library to do what you want:
http://is.gd/QvkESn
Regards,
- Clark
On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Jake Scott <jake....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can someone give me a hand, I'm getting the following lifetime error:
> error: clean_number does not live long enough
> Short url: http://is.gd/VIzHMS
> This is the code:
> #![feature(phase)]
> #[phase(plugin)]
> extern crate regex_macros;
> extern crate regex;
> use regex::Regex;
> static ALPHA_REGEX: Regex = regex!(r"[a-zA-Z]");
> static NUMBER_REGEX: Regex = regex!(r"[^0-9]");
> fn main() {
> let number = number("ads(123) 456-7890");
> println!("{}", number);
> }
> fn number<'a>(number: &'a str) -> &'a str {
> let clean_number = clean(number);
> clean_number
> }
> fn clean<'a>(number: &'a str) -> &'a str {
> if ALPHA_REGEX.is_match(number) {
> "0000000000";
> }
> let clean_number: String = NUMBER_REGEX.replace(number, "");
> return clean_number.as_slice();
> }_______________________________________________
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