2016 Update

Task/Collections/Rust/collections-1.rust

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+let a = [1u8,2,3,4,5]; // a is of type [u8; 5];
+let b = [0;256] // Equivalent to `let b = [0,0,0,0,0,0... repeat 256 times]`

Task/Collections/Rust/collections-2.rust

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+let array = [1,2,3,4,5];
+let slice = &array[0..2]
+println!("{:?}", slice);

Task/Collections/Rust/collections-3.rust

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+let mut v = Vec::new();
+v.push(1);
+v.push(2);
+v.push(3);
+// Or (mostly) equivalently via a convenient macro in the standard library
+let v = vec![1,2,3];

Task/Collections/Rust/collections-4.rust

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+let x = "abc"; // x is of type &str (a borrowed string slice)
+let s = String::from(x);
+// or alternatively
+let s = x.to_owned();