Vec can not be built from iterator

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In the code, I'm trying to turn a number like 101 into 111000111. I first have some code to split up the number and triple the digit. However, when I tried to iterate over vector composed of each number ([1,0,1]), I get this error:

value of type `&mut Vec<u32>` cannot be built from `std::iter::Iterator<Item=u32>

This is confusing, because this line previously worked - .collect() ran with zero issues, and the assert_eq! macro provides no panic or error messages. What am I missing? Is the loop doing something weird to my vector?

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Your playground link doesn't reproduce the error, so I can't use it to understand the issue.

Look closely at the type there. Apparently youre trying to make a &mut Vec<_>, not a Vec<_>.

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Sorry, here's a working playground link

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You're calling append, which takes &mut Vec<_>: Vec in std::vec - Rust

What you want instead is extend: Vec in std::vec - Rust

And as a bonus, that means you won't even need the collect.

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Thanks! More reading for me to do. I remember a quote I once read when I first started coding. It was something along the lines of: "Coders don't spend their time writing code - they spend their time reading it." Truer words...

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