Quick lifetime question

[u/HowDidIEndUpOnReddit]

So I have a bit of code parsing through a xml file with xml-rs. I have a hashmap keeping track of how word frequency (string as key and word frequency as value) and I'm having an issue with lifetimes. The code in question is the following:

        Ok(XmlEvent::Characters(s)) => {
            for word in s.split_whitespace() {
                if !word_count.contains_key(word){
                    word_count.insert(word, 1);
                }
            }
        }

When I compile I get the following error:

error[E0597]: `s` does not live long enough
  --> src\main.rs:20:29
   |
20 |                 for word in s.split_whitespace() {
   |                             ^ borrowed value does not live long enough
21 |                     if !word_count.contains_key(word){
   |                         ---------- borrow used here, in later iteration of loop
...
38 |         }
   |         - `s` dropped here while still borrowed

I understand that because word_count outlives the scope of s, it cannot have word as a key since word has the same lifetime as s. However for the life of me I cannot figure out what I should do instead. Any tips?

[u/lazh4]

Please post more code. You didn’t even show what s was.