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@ -162,13 +162,18 @@ A ‘slice’ is a reference to (or “view” into) another data structure. The
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useful for allowing safe, efficient access to a portion of an array without
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copying. For example, you might want to reference just one line of a file read
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into memory. By nature, a slice is not created directly, but from an existing
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variable. Slices have a length, can be mutable or not, and in many ways behave
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like arrays:
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variable binding. Slices have a defined length, can be mutable or immutable.
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## Slicing syntax
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You can use a combo of `&` and `[]` to create a slice from various things. The
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`&` indicates that slices are similar to references, and the `[]`s, with a
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range, let you define the length of the slice:
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```rust
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let a = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4];
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let middle = &a[1..4]; // A slice of a: just the elements 1, 2, and 3
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let complete = &a[..]; // A slice containing all of the elements in a
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let middle = &a[1..4]; // A slice of a: just the elements 1, 2, and 3
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```
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Slices have type `&[T]`. We’ll talk about that `T` when we cover
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