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@ -659,14 +659,12 @@ error: mismatched types: expected `int` but found `()` (expected int but found (
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We expected an integer, but we got `()`. `()` is pronounced 'unit', and is a
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special type in Rust's type system. `()` is different than `null` in other
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languages, because `()` is distinct from other types. For example, in C, `null`
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is a valid value for a variable of type `int`. In Rust, `()` is _not_ a valid
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value for a variable of type `int`. It's only a valid value for variables of
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the type `()`, which aren't very useful. Remember how we said statements don't
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return a value? Well, that's the purpose of unit in this case. The semicolon
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turns any expression into a statement by throwing away its value and returning
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unit instead.
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special type in Rust's type system. In Rust, `()` is _not_ a valid value for a
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variable of type `int`. It's only a valid value for variables of the type `()`,
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which aren't very useful. Remember how we said statements don't return a value?
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Well, that's the purpose of unit in this case. The semicolon turns any
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expression into a statement by throwing away its value and returning unit
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instead.
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There's one more time in which you won't see a semicolon at the end of a line
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of Rust code. For that, we'll need our next concept: functions.
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