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## how many references
### Instructions
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Create the following **functions** :
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- `add_ele` which adds an element to the value in the `Node`
- `how_many_references` which returns how many times the value is referenced in the code
- `rm_all_ref` which receives a `Rc<String>` and removes all elements from the vector that
are equal to that value, this should only happen if the two Rcs point to the same allocation
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### Notions
- [Reference Counted Smart Pointer](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch15-04-rc.html)
- [Struct std::rc::Rc](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/rc/struct.Rc.html)
### Expected Functions and structures
```rust
pub use std::rc::Rc;
pub struct Node {
pub value: Vec<Rc<String>>,
}
impl Node {
pub fn new(value: Vec<Rc<String>>) -> Node {
Node { value: value }
}
pub fn add_ele(&mut self, v: Rc<String>) {}
pub fn rm_all_ref(&mut self, v: Rc<String>) {}
}
pub fn how_many_references(value: &Rc<String>) -> usize {}
```
### Usage
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Here is a program to test your functions,
```rust
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use how_many_references::*;
fn main() {
let a = Rc::new(String::from("a"));
let b = Rc::new(String::from("b"));
let c = Rc::new(String::from("c"));
let a1 = Rc::new(String::from("a"));
let mut new_node = Node::new(vec![a.clone()]);
new_node.add_ele(b.clone());
new_node.add_ele(a.clone());
new_node.add_ele(c.clone());
new_node.add_ele(a.clone());
println!("a: {:?}", how_many_references(&a));
println!("b: {:?}", how_many_references(&b));
println!("c: {:?}", how_many_references(&c));
new_node.rm_all_ref(a1.clone());
new_node.rm_all_ref(a.clone());
println!("a: {:?}", how_many_references(&a));
println!("b: {:?}", how_many_references(&b));
println!("c: {:?}", how_many_references(&c));
}
```
And its output:
```console
$ cargo run
a: 4
b: 2
c: 2
a: 1
b: 2
c: 2
$
```