rustlings/exercises/16_lifetimes/lifetimes1.rs

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// lifetimes1.rs
//
// The Rust compiler needs to know how to check whether supplied references are
// valid, so that it can let the programmer know if a reference is at risk of
// going out of scope before it is used. Remember, references are borrows and do
// not own their own data. What if their owner goes out of scope?
//
// Execute `rustlings hint lifetimes1` or use the `hint` watch subcommand for a
// hint.
fn longest(x: &str, y: &str) -> &str {
if x.len() > y.len() {
x
} else {
y
}
}
fn main() {
let string1 = String::from("abcd");
let string2 = "xyz";
let result = longest(string1.as_str(), string2);
println!("The longest string is '{}'", result);
}