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Create Text Slugs In Rust

The _slug__ crate is great for making urls and filenames from strings of text. For example:

Code

use slug::slugify;

fn main() {
    let text = "This is.!~ the test   ";
    let slug = slugify(text);
    println!("{}", slug);
}

Results

this-is-the-test

Notes

  • Add the create with `cargo add slug``

  • Returns a-z, 0-9, and '-'

  • never contain more than one '-'

  • never start or end with '-'

References