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Explained the difference between ownership iteration and reference iteration #32002

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30 changes: 30 additions & 0 deletions src/doc/book/vectors.md
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Note: You cannot use the vector again once you have iterated by taking ownership of the vector.
You can iterate the vector multiple times by taking a reference to the vector whilst iterating.
For example, the following code does not compile.

```rust,ignore
let mut v = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5];

for i in v {
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and between this let and for

println!("Take ownership of the vector and its element {}", i);
}

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and between these two fors

println!("Take ownership of the vector and its element {}", i);
}
```

Whereas the following works perfectly,
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and above here


```rust
let mut v = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5];

for i in &v {
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and between this let and for

println!("This is a reference to {}", i);
}

for i in &v {
println!("This is a reference to {}", i);
}
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and below here


Vectors have many more useful methods, which you can read about in [their
API documentation][vec].

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