feat: completed solutions

exercises/09_strings/strings1.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // TODO: Fix the compiler error without changing the function signature.
-fn current_favorite_color() -> String {
+fn current_favorite_color() -> &'static str {
     "blue"
 }
 

exercises/09_strings/strings2.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ fn is_a_color_word(attempt: &str) -> bool {
 fn main() {
     let word = String::from("green"); // Don't change this line.
 
-    if is_a_color_word(word) {
+    if is_a_color_word(&word) {
         println!("That is a color word I know!");
     } else {
         println!("That is not a color word I know.");

exercises/09_strings/strings3.rs

@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 fn trim_me(input: &str) -> &str {
     // TODO: Remove whitespace from both ends of a string.
+    input.trim_ascii()
 }
 
 fn compose_me(input: &str) -> String {
     // TODO: Add " world!" to the string! There are multiple ways to do this.
+    input.to_owned() + " world!"
 }
 
 fn replace_me(input: &str) -> String {
     // TODO: Replace "cars" in the string with "balloons".
+    input.to_owned().replace("cars", "balloons")
 }
 
 fn main() {

exercises/09_strings/strings4.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-// Calls of this function should be replaced with calls of `string_slice` or `string`.
-fn placeholder() {}
-
 fn string_slice(arg: &str) {
     println!("{arg}");
 }
@@ -13,25 +10,25 @@ fn string(arg: String) {
 // Your task is to replace `placeholder(…)` with either `string_slice(…)`
 // or `string(…)` depending on what you think each value is.
 fn main() {
-    placeholder("blue");
+    string_slice("blue"); // &str
 
-    placeholder("red".to_string());
+    string("red".to_string()); // String
 
-    placeholder(String::from("hi"));
+    string(String::from("hi")); // String
 
-    placeholder("rust is fun!".to_owned());
+    string("rust is fun!".to_owned()); // String
 
-    placeholder("nice weather".into());
+    string("nice weather".into()); // String
 
-    placeholder(format!("Interpolation {}", "Station"));
+    string(format!("Interpolation {}", "Station")); // String
 
     // WARNING: This is byte indexing, not character indexing.
     // Character indexing can be done using `s.chars().nth(INDEX)`.
-    placeholder(&String::from("abc")[0..1]);
+    string_slice(&String::from("abc")[0..1]); // &str
 
-    placeholder("  hello there ".trim());
+    string_slice("  hello there ".trim()); // &str
 
-    placeholder("Happy Monday!".replace("Mon", "Tues"));
+    string("Happy Monday!".replace("Mon", "Tues")); // String
 
-    placeholder("mY sHiFt KeY iS sTiCkY".to_lowercase());
+    string("mY sHiFt KeY iS sTiCkY".to_lowercase()); // String
 }