The Box<T> type in Rust is a smart pointer that allows heap allocation for values, enabling efficient management of large data or data with unknown sizes at compile time.
In this challenge, you'll work with a custom struct Animal and use Box<T> to manage its memory. You will also implement two functions to access the struct's fields by dereferencing the boxed instance.
Implement the create_animal function to return a Box<Animal> containing a new Animal instance.
Define another function, access_animal, that takes a Box<Animal> and returns a tuple (String, u8) representing the animal's name and age. Use dereferencing to access the fields.
Box::new(struct_instance).* operator to dereference the box and access its value.pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { Box::new(Animal { name: name.to_string(), age, })}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { (animal.name, animal.age)}pub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new(Animal { name: name.to_string(), age })}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here return Box::new(Animal { name: String::from(name), age: age});}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here return (animal.name,animal.age);}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new(Animal { name: name.to_string(), age, })}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new(Animal{name: name.to_string(), age: age})}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here ((*animal).name, (*animal).age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { Box::new(Animal { name: name.to_string(), age, })}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new(Animal{name: name.to_string(), age})}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here (animal.name,animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { Box::new(Animal { name: name.to_string(), age, })}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new(Animal {name: name.to_string(), age: age})}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}impl Animal { fn new(name: &str, age: u8) -> Self { Animal { name: name.to_string(), age, } }}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new(Animal::new(name, age))}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here (animal.name.to_string(), animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { let animal: Animal = Animal{name:name.to_string(), age:age}; Box::new(animal)}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { ((*animal.name).to_string(), (*animal).age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { let animal: Animal = Animal{name:name.to_string(), age:age}; Box::new(animal)}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { ((*animal.name).to_string(), (*animal).age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new(Animal{ name: name.to_string(), age: age, })}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { Box::new(Animal { name: name.to_string(), age, })}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { Box::new(Animal { name: name.to_string(), age, })}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { ((*animal.name).to_owned(), animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { Box::new(Animal { name: name.into(), age, })}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here let res = Box::new(Animal {name:name.to_string(),age:age}); res}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here let age = animal.age; let name= animal.name; (name,age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here let animal = Animal{ name: name.to_string(), age: age, }; Box::new(animal)}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here let Animal { name, age } = *animal; (name, age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new(Animal { name: name.to_string(), age })}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here let der: Animal = *animal; (der.name, der.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { Box::new(Animal{ name: name.to_string(), age })}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { (animal.name, animal.age) }// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { Box::new(Animal { name: name.into(), age: age, })}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new(Animal{name: String::from(name), age})}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { Box::new(Animal {name: name.to_string(), age: age})}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new(Animal{name:name.to_string(),age:age}) }pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here let a= *animal; (a.name,a.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { Box::new(Animal{name: name.to_string(), age: age})}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here let a = *animal; (a.name, a.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here let animal = Box::new(Animal{name: name.to_string(), age : age}); animal}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here let name = animal.name.to_string(); let age = animal.age; (name,age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here let animal = Box::new(Animal{name: name.to_string(), age : age}); animal}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here let name = animal.name.to_string(); let age = animal.age; (name,age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { Box::new(Animal { name: name.to_string(), age, })}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // let ref_animal = &*animal; (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new(Animal { name: name.to_string(), age: age, })}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here let boxed: Box<Animal> = Box::new(Animal {name: name.to_string(), age: age} ); boxed}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here (animal.name.to_string(), animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here let boxed: Box<Animal> = Box::new(Animal {name: name.to_string(), age: age} ); boxed}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here (animal.name.to_string(), animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new(Animal{ name: name.into(), age, })}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here let tup = (animal.name, animal.age); tup}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new(Animal{name : name.to_string(), age})}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { Box::new(Animal{name: name.into(),age})}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { (animal.name,animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new( Animal { name: name.to_string(), age } )}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new( Animal { name: name.to_string(), age } )}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here let a = *animal; (a.name, a.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new(Animal{name: name.to_string(), age})}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { Box::new(Animal { name: name.to_string(), age, })}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { (animal.name, animal.age)}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new(Animal{name: name.to_string(), age})}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here (animal.name.clone(), animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new(Animal {name: name.into(), age})}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here let res = Box::new(Animal {name: name.to_string(), age: age}); res}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new(Animal { name: name.to_string(), age: age })}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new(Animal { name: name.to_string(), age: age })}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here let Animal { name, age } = *animal; (name, age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new(Animal { name: name.to_string(), age })}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here ((*animal).name, (*animal).age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { Box::new(Animal{name: name.to_string(),age: age})}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new(Animal { name: name.to_string(), age })}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new(Animal{name: name.to_string() , age})}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new(Animal { name: name.to_string(), age, })}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new(Animal { name: name.to_string(), age})}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}pub struct Animal { pub name: String, pub age: u8,}pub fn create_animal(name: &str, age: u8) -> Box<Animal> { // Your code here Box::new( Animal {name: name.into(), age} )}pub fn access_animal(animal: Box<Animal>) -> (String, u8) { // Your code here (animal.name, animal.age)}// Example usagepub fn main() { let animal = create_animal("Leo", 5); let (name, age) = access_animal(animal); println!("Animal's name: {}, age: {}", name, age);}