doc: add an .as_slice example to the cheatsheet.

A lot of questions about this on IRC and stackoverflow.
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Huon Wilson 2014-06-01 14:11:01 +10:00
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@ -80,6 +80,24 @@ let x = bytes!(72u8,"ello ",0xF0,0x90,0x80,"World!");
let y = str::from_utf8_lossy(x);
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**`Vec<T>`/`String` to `&[T]`/`&str`**
The `.as_slice` method on each type provides a borrowed slice pointing
to the contents of a `Vec` or `String`. The slice points directly to
the data already stored in the vector or string, and so is a very
cheap operation (no allocations or complicated computations required).
~~~
let vec: Vec<u32> = vec![1, 2, 3];
let slice: &[u32] = vec.as_slice();
let string: String = "foo bar".to_string();
let str_slice: &str = string.as_slice();
~~~
`Vec` also provides the `.as_mut_slice` method for viewing the
contained data as a `&mut [T]`.
# File operations
## How do I read from a file?