Pattern docs

src/liballoc/string.rs

@@ -1827,7 +1827,13 @@ impl<'a> Extend<Cow<'a, str>> for String {
     }
 }
 
-/// A convenience impl that delegates to the impl for `&str`
+/// A convenience impl that delegates to the impl for `&str`.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// assert_eq!(String::from("Hello world").find("world"), Some(6));
+/// ```
 #[unstable(
     feature = "pattern",
     reason = "API not fully fleshed out and ready to be stabilized",

src/libcore/str/pattern.rs

@@ -451,7 +451,13 @@ unsafe impl<'a> ReverseSearcher<'a> for CharSearcher<'a> {
 
 impl<'a> DoubleEndedSearcher<'a> for CharSearcher<'a> {}
 
-/// Searches for chars that are equal to a given char
+/// Searches for chars that are equal to a given `char`.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// assert_eq!("Hello world".find('o'), Some(4));
+/// ```
 impl<'a> Pattern<'a> for char {
     type Searcher = CharSearcher<'a>;
 
@@ -696,7 +702,14 @@ unsafe impl<'a, 'b> ReverseSearcher<'a> for CharSliceSearcher<'a, 'b> {
 
 impl<'a, 'b> DoubleEndedSearcher<'a> for CharSliceSearcher<'a, 'b> {}
 
-/// Searches for chars that are equal to any of the chars in the array
+/// Searches for chars that are equal to any of the chars in the array.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// assert_eq!("Hello world".find(&['l', 'l'] as &[_]), Some(2));
+/// assert_eq!("Hello world".find(&['l', 'l'][..]), Some(2));
+/// ```
 impl<'a, 'b> Pattern<'a> for &'b [char] {
     pattern_methods!(CharSliceSearcher<'a, 'b>, MultiCharEqPattern, CharSliceSearcher);
 }
@@ -738,7 +751,14 @@ where
 
 impl<'a, F> DoubleEndedSearcher<'a> for CharPredicateSearcher<'a, F> where F: FnMut(char) -> bool {}
 
-/// Searches for chars that match the given predicate
+/// Searches for chars that match the given predicate.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// assert_eq!("Hello world".find(char::is_uppercase), Some(0));
+/// assert_eq!("Hello world".find(|c| "aeiou".contains(c)), Some(1));
+/// ```
 impl<'a, F> Pattern<'a> for F
 where
     F: FnMut(char) -> bool,
@@ -763,6 +783,12 @@ impl<'a, 'b, 'c> Pattern<'a> for &'c &'b str {
 ///
 /// Will handle the pattern `""` as returning empty matches at each character
 /// boundary.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// assert_eq!("Hello world".find("world"), Some(6));
+/// ```
 impl<'a, 'b> Pattern<'a> for &'b str {
     type Searcher = StrSearcher<'a, 'b>;
 
@@ -771,7 +797,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Pattern<'a> for &'b str {
         StrSearcher::new(haystack, self)
     }
 
-    /// Checks whether the pattern matches at the front of the haystack
+    /// Checks whether the pattern matches at the front of the haystack.
     #[inline]
     fn is_prefix_of(self, haystack: &'a str) -> bool {
         haystack.as_bytes().starts_with(self.as_bytes())
@@ -788,7 +814,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Pattern<'a> for &'b str {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Checks whether the pattern matches at the back of the haystack
+    /// Checks whether the pattern matches at the back of the haystack.
     #[inline]
     fn is_suffix_of(self, haystack: &'a str) -> bool {
         haystack.as_bytes().ends_with(self.as_bytes())