fix: exercise order - string before struct
The struct exercises rely on knowledge learned in the string exercises, so should follow rather than precede them.
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@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ because we want to assign a different typed value to an existing variable. Somet
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you may also like to reuse existing variable names because you are just converting
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values to different types like in this exercise.
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Fortunately Rust has a powerful solution to this problem: 'Shadowing'!
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You can read more about 'Shadowing' in the book's section 'Variables and Mutability':
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You can read more about 'Shadowing' in the book's section 'Variables and Mutability':
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https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch03-01-variables-and-mutability.html#shadowing
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Try to solve this exercise afterwards using this technique."""
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@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ name = "variables6"
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path = "exercises/variables/variables6.rs"
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mode = "compile"
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hint = """
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We know about variables and mutability, but there is another important type of
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variable available; constants.
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Constants are always immutable and they are declared with keyword 'const' rather
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We know about variables and mutability, but there is another important type of
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variable available; constants.
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Constants are always immutable and they are declared with keyword 'const' rather
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then keyword 'let'.
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Constants types must also always be annotated.
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Read more about constants under 'Differences Between Variables and Constants' in the book's section 'Variables and Mutability':
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Read more about constants under 'Differences Between Variables and Constants' in the book's section 'Variables and Mutability':
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https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch03-01-variables-and-mutability.html#differences-between-variables-and-constants
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"""
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@ -218,42 +218,6 @@ Data Types -> The Tuple Type section of the book:
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https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch03-02-data-types.html#the-tuple-type
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Now you have another tool in your toolbox!"""
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# STRUCTS
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[[exercises]]
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name = "structs1"
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path = "exercises/structs/structs1.rs"
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mode = "test"
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hint = """
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Rust has more than one type of struct. Both variants are used to package related data together.
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On the one hand, there are normal, or classic, structs. These are named collections of related data stored in fields.
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The other variant is tuple structs. Basically just named tuples.
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In this exercise you need to implement one of each kind.
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Read more about structs in The Book: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/ch05-00-structs.html"""
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[[exercises]]
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name = "structs2"
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path = "exercises/structs/structs2.rs"
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mode = "test"
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hint = """
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Creating instances of structs is easy, all you need to do is assign some values to its fields.
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There is however some shortcuts that can be taken when instantiating structs.
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Have a look in The Book, to find out more: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/ch05-01-defining-structs.html#creating-instances-from-other-instances-with-struct-update-syntax"""
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[[exercises]]
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name = "structs3"
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path = "exercises/structs/structs3.rs"
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mode = "test"
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hint = """
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The new method needs to panic if the weight is physically impossible :), how do we do that in Rust?
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For is_international: What makes a package international? Seems related to the places it goes through right?
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For calculate_transport_fees: Bigger is more expensive usually, we don't have size, but something may fit the bill here :)
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Have a look in The Book, to find out more about method implementations: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch05-03-method-syntax.html"""
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# STRINGS
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[[exercises]]
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string slice instead of a `String`, wouldn't it?? There is a way to add one character to line
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9, though, that will coerce the `String` into a string slice."""
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# STRUCTS
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[[exercises]]
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name = "structs1"
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path = "exercises/structs/structs1.rs"
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mode = "test"
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hint = """
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Rust has more than one type of struct. Both variants are used to package related data together.
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On the one hand, there are normal, or classic, structs. These are named collections of related data stored in fields.
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The other variant is tuple structs. Basically just named tuples.
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In this exercise you need to implement one of each kind.
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Read more about structs in The Book: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/ch05-00-structs.html"""
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[[exercises]]
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name = "structs2"
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path = "exercises/structs/structs2.rs"
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mode = "test"
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hint = """
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Creating instances of structs is easy, all you need to do is assign some values to its fields.
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There is however some shortcuts that can be taken when instantiating structs.
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Have a look in The Book, to find out more: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/ch05-01-defining-structs.html#creating-instances-from-other-instances-with-struct-update-syntax"""
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[[exercises]]
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name = "structs3"
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path = "exercises/structs/structs3.rs"
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mode = "test"
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hint = """
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The new method needs to panic if the weight is physically impossible :), how do we do that in Rust?
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For is_international: What makes a package international? Seems related to the places it goes through right?
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For calculate_transport_fees: Bigger is more expensive usually, we don't have size, but something may fit the bill here :)
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Have a look in The Book, to find out more about method implementations: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch05-03-method-syntax.html"""
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# TEST 2
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[[exercises]]
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path = "exercises/standard_library_types/iterators4.rs"
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mode = "test"
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hint = """
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In an imperative language, you might write a for loop that updates
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a mutable variable. Or, you might write code utilizing recursion
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In an imperative language, you might write a for loop that updates
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a mutable variable. Or, you might write code utilizing recursion
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and a match clause. In Rust you can take another functional
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approach, computing the factorial elegantly with ranges and iterators."""
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path = "exercises/traits/traits2.rs"
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mode = "test"
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hint = """
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Notice how the trait takes ownership of 'self',and returns `Self'.
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Notice how the trait takes ownership of 'self',and returns `Self'.
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Try mutating the incoming string vector.
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Vectors provide suitable methods for adding an element at the end. See
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Vectors provide suitable methods for adding an element at the end. See
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the documentation at: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/vec/struct.Vec.html"""
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# Generics
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path = "exercises/generics/generics2.rs"
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mode = "test"
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hint = """
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Currently we are wrapping only values of type 'u32'.
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Currently we are wrapping only values of type 'u32'.
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Maybe we could update the explicit references to this data type somehow?
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If you are still stuck https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/ch10-01-syntax.html#in-method-definitions
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path = "exercises/generics/generics3.rs"
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mode = "test"
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hint = """
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To find the best solution to this challenge you're going to need to think back to your
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To find the best solution to this challenge you're going to need to think back to your
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knowledge of traits, specifically Trait Bound Syntax - you may also need this: "use std::fmt::Display;"
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This is definitely harder than the last two exercises! You need to think about not only making the
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