rustlings/exercises/lifetimes/lifetimes1.rs

// lifetimes1.rs
//
// The Rust compiler needs to know how to check whether supplied references are
// valid, so that it can let the programmer know if a reference is at risk
// of going out of scope before it is used. Remember, references are borrows
// and do not own their own data. What if their owner goes out of scope?
//
// Execute `rustlings hint lifetimes1` or use the `hint` watch subcommand for a hint.

// I AM DONE

// fn longest<'a>(x: &'a str, y: &'a str) -> &'a str {
//     if x.len() > y.len() {
//         x
//     } else {
//         y
//     }
// }

fn longest(x: &str, y: &str) -> String {
    if x.len() > y.len() {
        x.to_string()
    } else {
        y.to_string()
    }
}

fn main() {
    let string1 = String::from("abcd");
    let string2 = "xyz";

    let result = longest(string1.as_str(), string2);
    println!("The longest string is '{}'", result);
}