# Destructuring Arrays

You can destructure arrays, tuples, and slices by matching on their elements:

```rust,editable
{{#include ../../third_party/rust-by-example/destructuring-arrays.rs}}
```

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* Destructuring of slices of unknown length also works with patterns of fixed length.

```rust,editable
fn main() {
    inspect(&[0, -2, 3]);
    inspect(&[0, -2, 3, 4]);
}

#[rustfmt::skip]
fn inspect(slice: &[i32]) {
    println!("Tell me about {slice:?}");
    match slice {
        &[0, y, z] => println!("First is 0, y = {y}, and z = {z}"),
        &[1, ..]   => println!("First is 1 and the rest were ignored"),
        _          => println!("All elements were ignored"),
    }
}
```
* Show matching against the tail with patterns `[.., b]` and `[a@..,b]`
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