Understanding the match Keyword in Rust with Examples

If you've ever written a long if/else chain and thought "there must be a cleaner way" — match is Rust's answer. It lets you check a value against a list of patterns and run different code for each one. By the end of this post, you'll understand exactly how match works, why Rust forces you to use it a certain way, and how it handles real-world things like errors. What is match ? match compares a value against a list of patterns . The first matching pattern wins, and the code next to it runs. Here