rustWhat encoding is used for Rust strings?

Rust strings are encoded using UTF-8. UTF-8 is a variable-width encoding that can represent every character in the Unicode character set. It is the most popular encoding used for web pages and other documents on the internet.

Example code

let s = "Hello, world!";
println!("{}", s);

Output example

Hello, world!

Code explanation

• let s = "Hello, world!";: This line declares a variable s and assigns it the string value "Hello, world!".
• println!("{}", s);: This line prints the value of the variable s to the console.

Helpful links

• Rust Strings
• UTF-8

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