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| author | Steve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com> | 2016-03-04 14:17:28 -0500 |
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| committer | Steve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com> | 2016-03-04 14:17:28 -0500 |
| commit | 55bc488db46c656c18c61c56de10446c3572b7d7 (patch) | |
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Rollup merge of #32002 - srinivasreddy:vector_doc, r=Manishearth
Issue here : https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/31991
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diff --git a/src/doc/book/vectors.md b/src/doc/book/vectors.md index f5a543d75b1..ceb6b3c003e 100644 --- a/src/doc/book/vectors.md +++ b/src/doc/book/vectors.md @@ -115,6 +115,36 @@ for i in v { } ``` +Note: You cannot use the vector again once you have iterated by taking ownership of the vector. +You can iterate the vector multiple times by taking a reference to the vector whilst iterating. +For example, the following code does not compile. + +```rust,ignore +let mut v = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5]; + +for i in v { + println!("Take ownership of the vector and its element {}", i); +} + +for i in v { + println!("Take ownership of the vector and its element {}", i); +} +``` + +Whereas the following works perfectly, + +```rust +let mut v = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5]; + +for i in &v { + println!("This is a reference to {}", i); +} + +for i in &v { + println!("This is a reference to {}", i); +} +``` + Vectors have many more useful methods, which you can read about in [their API documentation][vec]. |
