[Solved] Difference between &str and String

[RustyYato]

I've given a detailed description of the difference between str, &str, and String before

What are String and str?

Definitions Let's start with definitions String is a growable buffer that owns it's data. &String is a shared borrow of a growable buffer, this borrow does not own any data &mut String is a unique borrow of a growable buffer, this borrow does not own any data str is a view into some other string that is already in memory. &str is a shared borrow of a string view. &mut str is a unique borrow of a string view. String literals String literals, like "hello world" or "bob" are stored direc…