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- [Error handling](error.md)
- [`panic`](error/panic.md)
- [`Option` & `unwrap`](error/option_unwrap.md)
- [Unpacking options with ?](error/option_unwrap/question_mark.md)
- [Combinators: `map`](error/option_unwrap/map.md)
- [Combinators: `and_then`](error/option_unwrap/and_then.md)
- [`Result`](error/result.md)
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# Unpacking options with ?

You can unpack Options by using `match` statements, but it's often easier to use the `?` operator. If `x` is an `Option`, then evaluating `x?` will return the underlying value if `x` is Some, otherwise it will terminate whatever function is being executed and return `None`.

```rust,editable
fn next_birthday(current_age: Option<u8>) -> Option<String> {
// If `current_age` is None, this returns None.
// If `current_age` is Some, the inner u8 gets assigned to `next_age`
let next_age: u8 = current_age?;
Some(format!("Next year I will be {}", next_age))
}
```

You can chain many ?s together to make your code much more readable.

```rust,editable
struct Person {
job: Option<Job>,
}

#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
struct Job {
phone_number: Option<PhoneNumber>,
}

#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
struct PhoneNumber {
area_code: Option<u8>,
number: u32,
}

impl Person {

// Gets the area code of the phone number of the person's job, if it exists.
fn work_phone_area_code(&self) -> Option<u8> {
// This would need many nested `match` statements without the ? operator.
// It would take a lot more code - try writing it yourself and see which
// is easier.
self.job?.phone_number?.area_code
}
}

fn main() {
let p = Person {
job: Some(Job {
phone_number: Some(PhoneNumber {
area_code: Some(61),
number: 439222222,
}),
}),
};

assert_eq!(p.work_phone_area_code(), Some(61));
}
```