Go by Example: Structs [Link]
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Go by Example: Structs
Go’s structs are typed collections of fields. They’re
useful for grouping data together to form records.
package main
import "fmt"
This person struct type has name and age fields. type person struct {
name string
age int
}
newPerson constructs a new person struct with the func newPerson(name string) *person {
given name.
Go is a garbage collected language; you can safely p := person{name: name}
return a pointer to a local variable - it will only be [Link] = 42
cleaned up by the garbage collector when there return &p
}
are no active references to it.
func main() {
This syntax creates a new struct. [Link](person{"Bob", 20})
You can name the fields when initializing a struct. [Link](person{name: "Alice", age: 30})
Omitted fields will be zero-valued. [Link](person{name: "Fred"})
An & prefix yields a pointer to the struct. [Link](&person{name: "Ann", age: 40})
It’s idiomatic to encapsulate new struct creation in [Link](newPerson("Jon"))
constructor functions
Access struct fields with a dot. s := person{name: "Sean", age: 50}
[Link]([Link])
You can also use dots with struct pointers - the sp := &s
pointers are automatically dereferenced. [Link]([Link])
Structs are mutable. [Link] = 51
[Link]([Link])
If a struct type is only used for a single value, we dog := struct {
don’t have to give it a name. The value can have name string
an anonymous struct type. This technique is isGood bool
}{
commonly used for table-driven tests.
"Rex",
true,
}
[Link](dog)
}
$ go run [Link]
{Bob 20}
{Alice 30}
{Fred 0}
&{Ann 40}
&{Jon 42}
Sean
50
51
{Rex true}
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Go by Example: Structs [Link]
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