Basic Types

str := "Hello"

Multiline string

str := `Multiline
string`

Typical types

num := 3          // int
num := 3.         // float64
num := 3 + 4i     // complex128
num := byte('a')  // byte (alias for uint8)

Other Types

var u uint = 7        // uint (unsigned)
var p float32 = 22.7  // 32-bit float

// var numbers [5]int
numbers := [...]int{0, 0, 0, 0, 0}

func main () {
  b := *getPointer()
  fmt.Println("Value is", b)

func getPointer () (myPointer *int) {
  a := 234
  return &a

a := new(int)
*a = 234

Pointers point to a memory location of a variable. Go is fully garbage-collected.

i := 2
f := float64(i)
u := uint(i)

slice := []int{2, 3, 4}

slice := []byte("Hello")