auto merge of #12161 : aepsil0n/rust/docs/for-loop, r=alexcrichton

I just started learning Rust and the absence of an explanation of the for-loop in the beginning really bugged me about the tutorial. Hence I simply added these lines, where I would have expected them. I know that there is something later on in the section on traits. However, this simple iteration scheme feels like something that you should be aware of right away.

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diff --git a/src/doc/tutorial.md b/src/doc/tutorial.md
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@@ -582,6 +582,32 @@ loop {
 This code prints out a weird sequence of numbers and stops as soon as
 it finds one that can be divided by five.
 
+There is also a for-loop that can be used to iterate over a range of numbers:
+
+~~~~
+for n in range(0, 5) {
+    println!("{}", n);
+}
+~~~~
+
+The snippet above prints integer numbers under 5 starting at 0.
+
+More generally, a for loop works with anything implementing the `Iterator` trait.
+Data structures can provide one or more methods that return iterators over
+their contents. For example, strings support iteration over their contents in
+various ways:
+
+~~~~
+let s = "Hello";
+for c in s.chars() {
+    println!("{}", c);
+}
+~~~~
+
+The snippet above prints the characters in "Hello" vertically, adding a new
+line after each character.
+
+
 # Data structures
 
 ## Structs