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diff --git a/src/doc/tutorial.md b/src/doc/tutorial.md index a7e1b2b64c6..0d2a70b3af4 100644 --- a/src/doc/tutorial.md +++ b/src/doc/tutorial.md @@ -582,8 +582,7 @@ 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 -(or, more generally, anything implementing the `Iterator` trait): +There is also a for-loop that can be used to iterate over a range of numbers: ~~~~ for n in range(0, 5) { @@ -593,6 +592,21 @@ for n in range(0, 5) { 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 |