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exercises/16_lifetimes/lifetimes2.rs

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+// Don't change this function.
+fn longest<'a>(x: &'a str, y: &'a str) -> &'a str {
+    if x.len() > y.len() {
+        x
+    } else {
+        y
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    // TODO: Fix the compiler error by moving one line.
+
+    let string1 = String::from("long string is long");
+    let string2 = String::from("xyz");
+    let result;
+    {
+        result = longest(&string1, &string2);
+    }
+    println!("The longest string is '{result}'");
+}