Golang : Clone with pointer and modify value
For those familiar with C language and learning Golang, bear in mind that Golang supports pointer. In this short tutorial, we will learn how to create a struct tied to pointer, how to clone and manipulated the struct data with the pointer(second := *first
).
The code example below should be self explanatory. Should you have any question, please leave a comment below.
package main
import (
"fmt"
)
type User struct {
Id int
Name string
}
func createUser() *User {
newUser := new(User)
newUser.Id = 1
newUser.Name = "Adam"
return newUser
}
func main() {
// create our first user
first := createUser()
fmt.Printf("first user id is %d and name is %s\n", first.Id, first.Name)
// clone first user to second user
second := *first
// data are cloned as well
fmt.Printf("second user id is %d and name is %s\n", second.Id, second.Name)
// now modify second user's name and id
second.Id = 2
second.Name = "Victoria"
fmt.Printf("[modified] second user id is %d and name is %s\n", second.Id, second.Name)
}
Output :
first user id is 1 and name is Adam
second user id is 1 and name is Adam
[modified] second user id is 2 and name is Victoria
By Adam Ng
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