Golang : Chunk split or divide a string into smaller chunk example
Problem:
You need a function in Golang that are similar to PHP's chunk_split()
function that can split a string into smaller chunks. It is commonly used in converting base64 encoded string to match RFC 2045 semantics. Such as line-breaking base64 encoded lines at 76 characters.
Excerpt from https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2045.txt
(5) Encoded lines must not be longer than 76 characters, not counting the trailing CRLF. If longer lines are found in incoming, encoded data, a robust implementation might nevertheless decode the lines, and might report the erroneous encoding to the user.
Solution:
This code example below should do the job on dividing a string into smaller chunks.
package main
import (
"fmt"
)
func chunkSplit(body string, limit int, end string) string {
var charSlice []rune
// push characters to slice
for _, char := range body {
charSlice = append(charSlice, char)
}
var result string = ""
for len(charSlice) >= 1 {
// convert slice/array back to string
// but insert end at specified limit
result = result + string(charSlice[:limit]) + end
// discard the elements that were copied over to result
charSlice = charSlice[limit:]
// change the limit
// to cater for the last few words in
// charSlice
if len(charSlice) < limit {
limit = len(charSlice)
}
}
return result
}
func main() {
before := "this is a long string that needs to be chunked into smaller chunks"
// chunk after 30 characters and append with newline
// for RFC 2045, change limit from 30 to 76
after := chunkSplit(before, 30, "\n")
fmt.Println("Before :\n", before)
fmt.Println("After :\n", after)
}
Output:
Before :
this is a long string that needs to be chunked into smaller chunks
After :
this is a long string that nee
ds to be chunked into smaller
chunks
References:
https://socketloop.com/tutorials/golang-warp-text-string-by-number-of-characters-or-runes-example
See also : Golang : Warp text string by number of characters or runes example
By Adam Ng
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