Golang : Get constant name from value
Problem :
How to find out the constant name associated with a value? For example, if the a constant value is fixed to an integer during compile time. How does one find out the associated constant name just by processing the integer value during run time ?
Solution :
Use switch
statement to return the constant name.
NOTE : Not really an efficient and scalable solution, but it should work for small set of data
package main
import (
"fmt"
)
type wordInt int16
const (
HELLO = wordInt(1)
WORLD = wordInt(2)
HOW = wordInt(3)
ARE = wordInt(4)
YOU = wordInt(5)
)
func (w wordInt) String() string {
switch w {
case 1:
return "HELLO"
case 2:
return "WORLD"
case 3:
return "HOW"
case 4:
return "ARE"
case 5:
return "YOU"
}
// else return
return "NOT Defined"
}
func main() {
fmt.Printf("The constant name associated with integer %d is %s \n", 1, wordInt(1).String())
// can do without String() as well
fmt.Printf("The constant name associated with integer %d is %s \n", 2, wordInt(2))
fmt.Printf("The constant name associated with integer %d is %s \n", 3, wordInt(3))
fmt.Printf("The constant name associated with integer %d is %s \n", 5, wordInt(5))
fmt.Printf("The constant name associated with integer %d is %s \n", 9, wordInt(9))
}
Output :
The constant name associated with integer 1 is HELLO
The constant name associated with integer 2 is WORLD
The constant name associated with integer 3 is HOW
The constant name associated with integer 5 is YOU
The constant name associated with integer 9 is NOT Defined
Reference :
See also : Golang : How to get struct field and value by name
By Adam Ng
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