functions, loops and control flow

loops/christmas/Cargo.toml

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+[package]
+name = "christmas"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+
+[dependencies]

loops/christmas/src/main.rs

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+//this probably can be made better
+fn main() {
+    let cardinals: [&str; 12] = [
+        "first", "second", "third", "fourth", "fifth", "sixth", "seventh", "eighth", "ninth",
+        "tenth", "eleventh", "twelfth",
+    ];
+
+    let lines: [&str; 12] = [
+        "A partridge in a pear tree",
+        "Two turtle doves",
+        "Three French hens",
+        "Four colly birds",
+        "Five gold rings",
+        "Six geese a-laying",
+        "Seven swans a-swimming",
+        "Eight maids a-milking",
+        "Nine drummers drumming",
+        "Ten pipers piping",
+        "Eleven ladies dancing",
+        "Twelve fiddlers fiddling",
+    ];
+
+    for mut i in 1..13 {
+        println!("The {} day of Christmas,", cardinals[i - 1]);
+        println!("My true love sent to me");
+
+        while i != 0 {
+            while i != 0 {
+                if i == 1 {
+                    println!("{}.\n", lines[i - 1]);
+                } else {
+                    if i == 2 {
+                        println!("{}, and", lines[i - 1]);
+                    } else {
+                        println!("{},", lines[i - 1]);
+                    }
+                }
+                i -= 1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}