Summary
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An array stores a fixed sized collection of values on the stack
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You can use index syntax to access and mutate values in an array
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A slice is a non-fixed sized collection of values, which may live anywhere in memory
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You can borrow a slice from an array
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A string slice is a thin wrapper around a byte slice which guarantees valid UTF-8 data
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A
Vec
is a heap-allocated collection of values that can have dynamic size -
Vec
s take a type parameter to indicate which type they contain -
A
String
is a thin wrapper around aVec<u8>
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You can slice up a slice using slice syntax