Go Standard Library Cookbook

How to do it...

1. Open the console and create the folder chapter05/recipe01.
2. Navigate to the directory.
3. Create the fmt.go file with the following content:

        package main        import (          "fmt"        )        func main() {          var name string          fmt.Println("What is your name?")          fmt.Scanf("%s\n", &name)          var age int          fmt.Println("What is your age?")          fmt.Scanf("%d\n", &age)          fmt.Printf("Hello %s, your age is %d\n", name, age)       }

4. Execute the code with go run fmt.go.
5. Enter the input John and press Enter.
6. Enter the input 40 and press Enter.

7. You will see the following output:

8. Create the file scanner.go with the following content:

        package main        import (          "bufio"          "fmt" "os" ...