Beginning Rust: From Novice to Professional

© Carlo Milanesi 2018

Carlo MilanesiBeginning Rusthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3468-6_5

5. Using Data Sequences

Carlo Milanesi¹ 

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Bergamo, Italy

 

In this chapter, you will learn:

• How to define sequences of objects of the same type, having fixed-length (arrays) or variable-length (vectors)

• How to specify the initial contents of arrays or vectors, by listing the items, or by specifying one item and its repeat count

• How to read or write the value of single items of arrays or vectors

• How to add items to a vector or to remove items from a vector

• How to create arrays with several dimensions

• How to create empty arrays or vectors

• How to print or copy whole arrays or vectors

Arrays

So far, we have seen how to store in a variable a string, a number, or a ...