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fn main() {
  let mut x = String::new();
  foo(&mut x);
  println!("{} to the other side.", x);
}

fn foo(bar: &mut String) -> () {
  bar.push_str("Break on through");
}

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fn main() {
  let x = String::new();
  let y = foo(x); // Give away x, and put the result into y
  println!("{} to the other side.", y);
}

fn foo(mut bar: String) -> String {
  bar.push_str("Break on through");
  bar
}

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fn main() {
  let x = String::from("Mysterious first letter!");
  let ref_x = first_letter(&x);
  println!("{}ystery solved!", ref_x);
}

// We'll take a reference to a str, and we're returning a reference to a str
fn first_letter(input: &str) -> &str {
  &input[0..1] // We're taking a slice, with just the first letter
}

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fn main() {
  let x = String::from("Mysterious first letter!");
  let ref_x = first_letter(&x);
  take_ownership(x); // ERROR: ref_x still exists and is "borrowing" x
                     // We can't delete x safely!
  println!("{}ystery solved!", ref_x);
}

fn first_letter(input: &str) -> &str {
  &input[0..1]

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fn main() {
  let x = String::from("What is love?");
  let y = String::from("Baby don't hurt me,");
  let ref_y = print_first_return_second(&x, &y);
  print!("{}", y);
  print!("{}", ref_y);
  println!(" no more.");
}

// ERROR: I can't figure out if the returned value is a reference to "print_me" or "return_me"!

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fn main() {
  let x = String::from("What is love?");
  let y = String::from("Baby don't hurt me,");
  let ref_y = print_first_return_second(&x, &y);
  print!("{}", y);
  print!("{}", ref_y);
  println!(" no more!");
}

fn print_first_return_second<'a, 'b>(print_me: &'a str, return_me: &'b str) -> &'b str {

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fn main() {
  let x = String::from("What is love?");
  let y = String::from("Baby don't hurt me,");
  let ref_y = print_first_return_second(&x, &y);
  print!("{}", y);
  print!("{}", ref_y);
  take_ownership(x); // This is okay, no one is borrowing x
}

fn print_first_return_second<'a, 'b>(print_me: &'a str, return_me: &'b str) -> &'b str {

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fn main() {
  let x = String::from("What is love?");
  let y = String::from("Baby don't hurt me,");
  let ref_y = print_first_return_second(&x, &y);
  print!("{}", y);
  take_ownership(y); // ERROR: ref_y is borrowing y! We can't delete y!
  print!("{}", ref_y);
}

fn print_first_return_second<'a, 'b>(print_me: &'a str, return_me: &'b str) -> &'b str {

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fn main() {
  let x = String::from("What is love?");
  let y = String::from("Baby don't hurt me,");
  let ref_y = print_first_return_second(&x, &y);
  print!("{}", y);
  print!("{}", ref_y);
  println!(" no more!");
}

fn print_first_return_second<'a, 'b>(print_me: &'a str, return_me: &'b str) -> &'a str {

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fn main() {
  let x = String::from("Mysterious first letter!");
  let ref_x = first_letter(&x);
  println!("{}ystery solved!", ref_x);
}

fn first_letter<'a>(input: &'a str) -> &'a str {
  &input[0..1]
}