[Relevant chapter in The Rust Programming Language](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/strings.html)

- ["strings1.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Make+me+compile+without+changing+the+function+signature%21+Scroll+down+for+hints+%3A%29%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++let+answer+%3D+current_favorite_color%28%29%3B%0A++++println%21%28%22My+current+favorite+color+is+%7B%7D%22%2C+answer%29%3B%0A%7D%0A%0Afn+current_favorite_color%28%29+-%3E+String+%7B%0A++++%22blue%22%0A%7D%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%2F%2F+The+%60current_favorite_color%60+function+is+currently+returning+a+string+slice+with+the+%60%27static%60%0A%2F%2F+lifetime.+We+know+this+because+the+data+of+the+string+lives+in+our+code+itself+--+it+doesn%27t%0A%2F%2F+come+from+a+file+or+user+input+or+another+program+--+so+it+will+live+as+long+as+our+program%0A%2F%2F+lives.+But+it+is+still+a+string+slice.+There%27s+one+way+to+create+a+%60String%60+by+converting+a%0A%2F%2F+string+slice+covered+in+the+Strings+chapter+of+the+book%2C+and+another+way+that+uses+the+%60From%60%0A%2F%2F+trait.%0A)

- ["strings3.rs"](http://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+Ok%2C+here+are+a+bunch+of+values--+some+are+%60Strings%60%2C+some+are+%60%26strs%60.+Your%0A%2F%2F+task+is+to+call+one+of+these+two+functions+on+each+value+depending+on+what%0A%2F%2F+you+think+each+value+is.+That+is%2C+add+either+%60string_slice%60+or+%60string%60%0A%2F%2F+before+the+parentheses+on+each+line.+If+you%27re+right%2C+it+will+compile%21%0A%0Afn+string_slice%28arg%3A+%26str%29+%7B+println%21%28%22%7B%7D%22%2C+arg%29%3B+%7D%0Afn+string%28arg%3A+String%29+%7B+println%21%28%22%7B%7D%22%2C+arg%29%3B+%7D%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++%28%22blue%22%29%3B%0A++++%28%22red%22.to_string%28%29%29%3B%0A++++%28String%3A%3Afrom%28%22hi%22%29%29%3B%0A++++%28%22rust+is+fun%21%22.to_owned%28%29%29%3B%0A++++%28%22nice+weather%22.into%28%29%29%3B%0A++++%28format%21%28%22Interpolation+%7B%7D%22%2C+%22Station%22%29%29%3B%0A++++%28%26String%3A%3Afrom%28%22abc%22%29%5B0..1%5D%29%3B%0A++++%28%22++hello+there+%22.trim%28%29%29%3B%0A++++%28%22Happy+Monday%21%22.to_string%28%29.replace%28%22Mon%22%2C+%22Tues%22%29%29%3B%0A++++%28%22mY+sHiFt+KeY+iS+sTiCkY%22.to_lowercase%28%29%29%3B%0A%7D%0A)