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diff --git a/meap/meap-code/ch6/ch6-memscan-1/Cargo.lock b/meap/meap-code/ch6/ch6-memscan-1/Cargo.lock
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+[[package]]
+name = "ch6-memscan-1"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
diff --git a/meap/meap-code/ch6/ch6-memscan-1/Cargo.toml b/meap/meap-code/ch6/ch6-memscan-1/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "ch6-memscan-1"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Tim McNamara <code@timmcnamara.co.nz>"]
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/meap/meap-code/ch6/ch6-memscan-1/src/main.rs b/meap/meap-code/ch6/ch6-memscan-1/src/main.rs
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+fn main() {
+    let mut n_nonzero = 0;  
+
+    for i in 0..10000 { 
+        let ptr = i as *const u8; // <1> Convert `i` to a `pass:[*const T]`, a "`raw pointer`" of type `u8`. Raw pointers allow programmers to inspect raw memory addresses. We treat every address as a unit, ignoring the fact that most values span multiple bytes.
+        let byte_at_addr = unsafe { *ptr }; // <2> _Dereference_ the pointer. That is, read the value at address `i`. Another way of saying this is read the value being pointed to.
+
+        if byte_at_addr != 0 {
+            n_nonzero += 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    println!("non-zero bytes in memory: {}", n_nonzero);
+}
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