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Expand Up @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ want to bind something to the variable now. On the right of the equal sign is
the value that `guess` is bound to, which is the result of calling
`String::new`, a function that returns a new instance of a `String`.
[`String`][string]<!-- ignore --> is a string type provided by the standard
library that is a growable, UTF-8 encoded bit of text.
library that is a heap-allocated, growable, UTF-8 encoded bit of text.

The `::` syntax in the `::new` line indicates that `new` is an associated
function of the `String` type. An _associated function_ is a function that’s
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