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fn greet(name: &str) -> String {           // take &str, return String
    format!("Hello, {name}!")               // format! always returns String
}

fn main() {
    // String literals are &'static str
    let lit: &str = "hello";

    // Build a String (heap-allocated, mutable)
    let mut owned: String = String::from("hi");
    owned.push_str(", world");

    // &str ↔ String
    let from_string: &str = &owned;                       // String → &str
    let to_string:   String = "abc".to_string();          // &str   → String
    let also_to:     String = String::from("abc");        // same thing

    // Slice into a UTF-8 boundary — bytes, not chars!
    let s = "héllo";
    println!("{}", &s[0..3]);                             // "hé" (h + é which is 2 bytes)
    // &s[0..2] would panic — not a char boundary

    println!("{} {} {} {}", lit, owned, from_string, to_string);
    println!("{}", greet("Alice"));
}