From 1d8a7faddf668821ffb61596e5f1d8d090bd31b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sil Klaasboer <silklaasboer@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:52:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add ownership and borrowing testing

---
 ownership/Cargo.lock  |  7 +++++++
 ownership/Cargo.toml  |  6 ++++++
 ownership/src/main.rs | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 47 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 ownership/Cargo.lock
 create mode 100644 ownership/Cargo.toml
 create mode 100644 ownership/src/main.rs

diff --git a/ownership/Cargo.lock b/ownership/Cargo.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c5b86e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ownership/Cargo.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 4
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ownership"
+version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/ownership/Cargo.toml b/ownership/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4b0049
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ownership/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[package]
+name = "ownership"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/ownership/src/main.rs b/ownership/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6faa6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ownership/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+fn main() {
+    let a ="Hello".to_string();
+    let b = a;
+
+    //println!("{}",a); This will error because a no longer owns the string
+    println!("{}",b);
+
+    //simple types like number characters and booleans are copied not moved
+    let c = 5;
+    let d = c;
+    println!("{}",c);
+    println!("{}",d);
+
+    // when ownership does not need to be moved clone can be used.
+    let e ="Test".to_string();
+    let f = e.clone();
+
+    println!("{}",e);
+    println!("{}",f);
+
+    // references in cpp is called borrowing in rust
+    let g = String::from("Reference test");
+    let h = &g;
+
+    println!("{}", g);
+    println!("{}", h);
+
+    // mutable references
+    let mut i = String::from("Mutable Reference test");
+    let j = &mut i;
+    j.push('!');
+
+    println!("{}", j);
+    }