From 2b8fe51af6d03cbae2f5139b368006c80c9ff544 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pushkar Sharma <thepsguy@icloud.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 09:39:39 +0530
Subject: Mention meaning of asterisk. Explain *ref_var2

Issue #1398
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 rust.html.markdown | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'rust.html.markdown')

diff --git a/rust.html.markdown b/rust.html.markdown
index b2854b0c..d0c56b4a 100644
--- a/rust.html.markdown
+++ b/rust.html.markdown
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ fn main() {
     // While a value is mutably borrowed, it cannot be accessed at all.
     let mut var2 = 4;
     let ref_var2: &mut i32 = &mut var2;
-    *ref_var2 += 2;
+    *ref_var2 += 2;         // '*' is used to point to the mutably borrowed var2
 
-    println!("{}", *ref_var2); // 6
+    println!("{}", *ref_var2); // 6 , //var2 would not compile. //ref_var2 is of type &mut i32, so                                                      //stores a reference to an i32 not the value.
     // var2 = 2; // this would not compile because `var2` is borrowed
 }
 ```
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