rustHow to declare a Rust slice?

A Rust slice is a data structure that allows access to a contiguous sequence of elements in a collection. It is declared using the &[T] syntax, where T is the type of the elements in the slice.

Example

let numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
let slice = &numbers[1..3];

This example creates a slice of the numbers array, containing elements at indices 1 and 2 (inclusive). The output of this code is [2, 3].

The parts of the code are:

• let numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];: This declares an array of 5 elements.
• let slice = &numbers[1..3];: This creates a slice of the numbers array, containing elements at indices 1 and 2 (inclusive).

Helpful links

• Rust Documentation - Slices
• Rust by Example - Slices

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