May 5, 2020 · What is the difference between the = and := operators, and what are the use cases for them? They both seem to be for an assignment?

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Golang does not allow pointer-arithmetic (arrays do not decay to pointers) and insecure casting. All downcasts will be checked using the runtime-type of the variable and either panic or return …

Is there a simple way to format a string in Go without printing the string? I can do: bar := "bar" fmt.Printf("foo: %s", bar) But I want the formatted string returned rather than printed so I can

I want to capture the Ctrl+C (SIGINT) signal sent from the console and print out some partial run totals.

Can Go have optional parameters? Or can I just define two different functions with the same name and a different number of arguments?

Nov 24, 2013 · How do I find the type of an object in Go? In Python, I just use typeof to fetch the type of object. Similarly in Go, is there a way to implement the same ? Here is the container …

Apr 18, 2020 · As of Go 1.13 (or earlier if you use golang.org/x/xerrors), you can use the %w verb, only for error values, which wraps the error such that it can later be unwrapped with …

I want to check if two structs, slices and maps are equal. But I'm running into problems with the following code. See my comments at the relevant lines. package main import ( "fmt" "refl...

May 4, 2011 · What's the best way to get the current timestamp in Go and convert to string? I need both date and time in eg. YYYYMMDDhhmmss format.