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FMT Package GoLang

The document discusses the Go fmt package, including variadic functions, formatting verbs, and using fmt for input/output. It provides examples of using variadic parameters and arguments in functions, and exercises for readers to practice using fmt functions.

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FMT Package GoLang

The document discusses the Go fmt package, including variadic functions, formatting verbs, and using fmt for input/output. It provides examples of using variadic parameters and arguments in functions, and exercises for readers to practice using fmt functions.

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fmt package

fmt package, variadic


fmt package
We have been using fmt.Println
http://godoc.org/fmt
let’s look at this package
What do these do?
what
do th
ese …
mea
n?
variadic
...params
args...
what does “…” mean in English?
it means there’s more, or there was more, or there was more here, doesn’t it?
example: The president said, “In these hard times … we all need to help.”
example: There were many options: cheese, wine, bread ….
example: … until the end of time.
https://golang.org/ref/spec#Function_types
https://golang.org/ref/spec#Function_types
exercise
create a program
that uses variadic params and variadic args
exercise
create a program
that uses a slice of ints param
and a slice of ints arg
fmt package
back to the fmt package
sa
w
th
is
%% just prints %
%v
examples of other verbs
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GoesToEleven/GolangTraining/master/15_fmt-package/05_verbs/goByExample.go
os.Stdin
What is standard input for your
operating system?

F as in File
“... read from a specified io.Reader …”
io as in input output
exercise
create a program
that uses fmt.Scanln to receive keyboard input
does some calculation using that input
and then uses fmt.Println to display results
Review
● fmt package
○ Print
■ Print
■ Printf
■ Println
○ Scan
■ Scan
■ Scanf
■ Scanln
○ Sprint
■ Sprint
■ Sprintf
■ Sprintln
● variadic
○ func sum(numbers ...int) {
}
○ sum(aSlice...)
● verbs
○ %v
● receiving user input
var meters float64
fmt.Print("Enter meters swam: ")
fmt.Scanln(&meters)
● http://godoc.org/reflect
○ fmt.Println("a - ", reflect.TypeOf(a), " - ", a)
Review Questions
fmt package
● Describe the difference between Print, Printf, and Println
fmt package
● What are formatting verbs and how are they used?
● What is the default formatting verb?
fmt package
● What is the difference between Print, Fprint, & Sprint?
○ Read the documentation
■ describe how Sprint is used
● provide a screenshot of code you wrote to illustrate Sprint
■ speculate as to how Fprint might be used
○ What is an io.Writer
■ describe an io.Writer using quotes from the documentation
● take a screenshot of the io.Writer source code and include it
as a curio in your description
○ (a curio is something that you don’t understand yet but which is interesting)

click that to get to source code:


fmt package
● What is the difference between Scan, Fscan, & Sscan?
○ Read the documentation
■ describe how Sscan is used
● provide a screenshot of code you wrote to illustrate Sscan
■ speculate as to how Fscan might be used
○ What is an io.Reader
■ describe an io.Reader using quotes from the documentation
● take a screenshot of the io.Reader source code and include
it as a curio in your description
fmt package
● Describe what Sprint does.
○ Provide a screenshot of code you wrote to illustrate your description.
variadic
● Describe the difference between variadic params & variadic args.
○ Provide a screenshot of code you wrote to illustrate your description.

...params
args...

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