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+# Options
+
+Type Option represents an optional value: every Option is either Some and contains a value, or None, and does not.
+Option types are very common in Rust code, as they have a number of uses:
+
+- Initial values
+- Return values for functions that are not defined over their entire input range (partial functions)
+- Return value for otherwise reporting simple errors, where None is returned on error
+- Optional struct fields
+- Struct fields that can be loaned or "taken"
+- Optional function arguments
+- Nullable pointers
+- Swapping things out of difficult situations
+
+## Further Information
+
+- [Option Enum Format](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/ch10-01-syntax.html#in-enum-definitions)
+- [Option Module Documentation](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/option/)
+- [Option Enum Documentation](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/option/enum.Option.html)
+- [if let](https://doc.rust-lang.org/rust-by-example/flow_control/if_let.html)
+- [while let](https://doc.rust-lang.org/rust-by-example/flow_control/while_let.html)