On Friday, 2 February 2024 at 23:25:37 UTC, Chris Katko wrote:
The auto solution won't work for a struct however which I'm
using:
```D
struct procTable{ //contains all the fields inside a file I'm
parsing
uint time;
int priority;
string name;
// etc
}
```
Maybe you can use `typeof` in that case?
```d
procTable pt;
pt.time = to!(typeof(pt.time))(data[1]);
// etc
```
...although I guess then you're repeating the field name, which
isn't great either.
You could avoid the repetition by wrapping the above pattern up
in a helper function, though:
```d
void convertAssign(Dest, Value)(ref Dest dest, Value value)
{
import std.conv;
dest = to!Dest(value);
}
void main()
{
string[3] data = ["100", "-5", "foobar"];
uint time;
int priority;
string name;
time.convertAssign(data[0]);
priority.convertAssign(data[1]);
name.convertAssign(data[2]);
assert(time == 100);
assert(priority == -5);
assert(name == "foobar");
}
```
