1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/value.rs b/src/value.rs
index 99468fa..7725490 100644
--- a/src/value.rs
+++ b/src/value.rs
@@ -67,11 +67,18 @@ impl QueriedValue {
         return None;
     }
 
+    pub fn as_str(&mut self) -> &str {
+        self.value().map(|v| v.as_str()).unwrap_or_else(|| self.missing("string"))
+    }
+    pub fn as_str_opt(&mut self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.value().map(|v| v.as_str())
+    }
+
     pub fn as_string(&mut self) -> String {
-        self.as_string_opt().unwrap_or_else(|| self.missing("string"))
+        self.as_str().to_string()
     }
     pub fn as_string_opt(&mut self) -> Option<String> {
-        self.value().cloned()
+        self.as_str_opt().map(|s| s.to_string())
     }
 
     as_number!{ f32,   "f32"  , std::num::ParseFloatError }