rustHow to borrow a string in Rust

Rust provides a way to borrow a string using the & operator. This operator allows you to borrow a string without taking ownership of it.

Example:

let s1 = String::from("hello");
let s2 = &s1;

The output of the example code is:

No output

The ## Code explanation

• let s1 = String::from("hello");: This line creates a String object with the value hello.
• let s2 = &s1;: This line creates a reference to the String object s1 and assigns it to s2.

Helpful links

• Rust Reference
• Rust Strings

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