% FFI

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> Sometimes, your Rust code may need to interact with code written in another language.
> To do this, Rust has a keyword, `extern`, that facilitates creating and using a _Foreign Function Interface_ (FFI).

```rust
extern "C" {
    fn abs(input: i32) -> i32;
}

fn main() {
    unsafe {
        println!("Absolute value of -3 according to C: {}", abs(-3));
    }
}
```

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