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Be more consistent with "Hello, world!" #16160

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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions src/doc/guide.md
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Expand Up @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Now that you've got your file open, type this in:

```
fn main() {
println!("Hello, world");
println!("Hello, world!");
}
```

Expand All @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Save the file, and then type this into your terminal window:
```{bash}
$ rustc hello_world.rs
$ ./hello_world # or hello_world.exe on Windows
Hello, world
Hello, world!
```

Success! Let's go over what just happened in detail.
Expand All @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ declaration, with one space in between.
Next up is this line:

```
println!("Hello, world");
println!("Hello, world!");
```

This line does all of the work in our little program. There are a number of
Expand All @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ to mention: Rust's macros are significantly different than C macros, if you've
used those. Don't be scared of using macros. We'll get to the details
eventually, you'll just have to trust us for now.

Next, `"Hello, world"` is a **string**. Strings are a surprisingly complicated
Next, `"Hello, world!"` is a **string**. Strings are a surprisingly complicated
topic in a systems programming language, and this is a **statically allocated**
string. We will talk more about different kinds of allocation later. We pass
this string as an argument to `println!`, which prints the string to the
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