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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions src/doc/trpl/strings.md
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Expand Up @@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ Rust has two main types of strings: `&str` and `String`. Let’s talk about
`&'static str`:

```rust
let string = "Hello there."; // string: &'static str
let greeting = "Hello there."; // greeting: &'static str
```

This string is statically allocated, meaning that it’s saved inside our
compiled program, and exists for the entire duration it runs. The `string`
compiled program, and exists for the entire duration it runs. The `greeting`
binding is a reference to this statically allocated string. String slices
have a fixed size, and cannot be mutated.

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