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15 changes: 11 additions & 4 deletions src/error/option_unwrap/and_then.md
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`and_then()` calls its function input with the wrapped value and returns the result. If the `Option` is `None`, then it returns `None` instead.

In the following example, `cookable_v2()` results in an `Option<Food>`.
In the following example, `cookable_v3()` results in an `Option<Food>`.
Using `map()` instead of `and_then()` would have given an
`Option<Option<Food>>`, which is an invalid type for `eat()`.

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}

// This can conveniently be rewritten more compactly with `and_then()`:
fn cookable_v2(food: Food) -> Option<Food> {
fn cookable_v3(food: Food) -> Option<Food> {
have_recipe(food).and_then(have_ingredients)
}

// Otherwise we'd need to `flatten()` an `Option<Option<Food>>`
// to get an `Option<Food>`:
fn cookable_v2(food: Food) -> Option<Food> {
have_recipe(food).map(have_ingredients).flatten()
}

fn eat(food: Food, day: Day) {
match cookable_v2(food) {
match cookable_v3(food) {
Some(food) => println!("Yay! On {:?} we get to eat {:?}.", day, food),
None => println!("Oh no. We don't get to eat on {:?}?", day),
}
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### See also:

[closures][closures], [`Option`][option], and [`Option::and_then()`][and_then]
[closures][closures], [`Option`][option], [`Option::and_then()`][and_then], and [`Option::flatten()`][flatten]

[closures]: ../../fn/closures.md
[option]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/option/enum.Option.html
[and_then]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/option/enum.Option.html#method.and_then
[flatten]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/option/enum.Option.html#method.flatten