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Mention for in the section on loops #7001

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7 changes: 5 additions & 2 deletions doc/tutorial.md
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This code prints out a weird sequence of numbers and stops as soon as
it finds one that can be divided by five.

For more involved iteration, such as enumerating the elements of a
collection, Rust uses [higher-order functions](#closures).
Rust also has a `for` construct. It's different from C's `for` and it works
best when iterating over collections. See the section on [closures](#closures)
to find out how to use `for` and higher-order functions for enumerating
elements of a collection.

# Data structures

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assert!(!crayons.is_empty());

// Iterate over a vector, obtaining a pointer to each element
// (`for` is explained in the next section)
for crayons.each |crayon| {
let delicious_crayon_wax = unwrap_crayon(*crayon);
eat_crayon_wax(delicious_crayon_wax);
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