| # Using Structs to Structure Related Data |
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| A _struct_, or _structure_, is a custom data type that lets you package together |
| and name multiple related values that make up a meaningful group. If you’re |
| familiar with an object-oriented language, a _struct_ is like an object’s data |
| attributes. In this chapter, we’ll compare and contrast tuples with structs to |
| build on what you already know and demonstrate when structs are a better way to |
| group data. |
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| We’ll demonstrate how to define and instantiate structs. We’ll discuss how to |
| define associated functions, especially the kind of associated functions called |
| _methods_, to specify behavior associated with a struct type. Structs and enums |
| (discussed in Chapter 6) are the building blocks for creating new types in your |
| program’s domain to take full advantage of Rust’s compile-time type checking. |
