Optional

In Zig, optional is a data type for holding values that are sometimes absent. When using Zigar, you generally won't encounter standalone optional objects. Upon access they're automatically resolved to their assigned values or null.

pub fn findIndex(haystack: []const u8, needle: [1]u8) ?usize {
    var index: usize = 0;
    while (index < haystack.len) : (index += 1) {
        if (haystack[index] == needle[0]) {
            return index;
        }
    }
    return null;
}

import { findIndex } from './optional-example-1.zig';

const text = 'Hello world';
console.log(findIndex(text, 'w'));
console.log(findIndex(text, 'z'));

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