Is it possible to store pointers in an array?

Question

Rust

Good day!
Let's say there is an array of bytes, as well as a structure with fields . I would like to know if this can be done. so that the fields of this structure point to different parts of this array.
Here is a simplified example with numbers.

// буфер с простыми числами
  let  buffer = [10,11,12,13,14];
   // здесь я хотел бы хранить четные числа из buffer
    let mut  even_numbers:[&[i32];10] = [&[0];10];
 // а тут нечетные. 
    let mut odd_numbers:[&[i32];10] = [&[0];10];
    even_numbers[0] = &buffer[0..1];
    even_numbers[1] = &buffer[2..3];
    even_numbers[2] = &buffer[4..];

    print!("{:?}",even_numbers[1]);

Answer 1

You can just use slices:

#[derive(Debug)]
struct CarInfo<'a> {
    name: &'a str,
    model: &'a str,
}

fn main() {
    let input = ["vaz:2107", "gaz:3102"];
    let output: Vec<CarInfo> = input
        .iter()
        .map(|s| s.split_at(s.find(':').expect("Can't find ':'")))
        .map(|(name, model)| CarInfo { name, model: &model[1..] })
        .collect();
    dbg!(output);
}

( sandbox )
Output:

Compiling playground v0.0.1 (/playground)
Finished dev [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 1.56s
Running `target/debug/playground`
[src/main.rs:14] output = [
    CarInfo {
        name: "vaz",
        model: "2107",
    },
    CarInfo {
        name: "gaz",
        model: "3102",
    },
]

An important point to keep in mind is that in this implementation, the structure cannot outlive the data referenced by its fields.